ghsa-v34c-9rwg-qpf6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-08-01 18:30
Modified
2024-03-08 18:30
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2023-38559",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-120",
         "CWE-125",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2023-08-01T17:15:09Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-v34c-9rwg-qpf6",
   modified: "2024-03-08T18:30:27Z",
   published: "2023-08-01T18:30:27Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38559",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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