CVE-2023-38559

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN device with gs.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published8/1/2023

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

artifex:ghostscriptdebian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedoraredhat:enterprise_linux

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125CWE-120

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367(secalert@redhat.com)

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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