CVE-2023-4042 (GCVE-0-2023-4042)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-23 12:19 – Updated: 2025-11-21 07:05
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Title
Ghostscript: incomplete fix for cve-2020-16305
Summary
A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:9.27-11.el8 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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Date Public ?
2023-08-23 00:00
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