gsd-2023-4042
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
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CVE-2023-4042


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