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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-16301: Moderate: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1852)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-16301: Moderate: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1852)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/13/2020
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
11/26/2024

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in okiibm_print_page1() in devices/gdevokii.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

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

References

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