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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-14373: Moderate: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1852)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-14373: Moderate: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1852)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/03/2020
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/20/2022

Description

A use after free was found in igc_reloc_struct_ptr() of psi/igc.c of ghostscript-9.25. A local attacker could supply a specially crafted PDF file to cause a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-dvipdf
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-fonts
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-printing
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-x11
  • alma-upgrade-libgs
  • alma-upgrade-libgs-devel

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