openSUSE: 2023:3438-1 Low Severity: Ghostscript DoS Attack Fix
opensuse
August 28, 2023
This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-38559: Fixed out-of-bounds read in devn_pcx_write_rle() that could result in DoS (bsc#1213637).
Description
This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2023-38559: Fixed out-of-bounds read in devn_pcx_write_rle() that could
result in DoS (bsc#1213637).
Patch
## Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Low update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
* openSUSE Leap 15.4
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3438=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3438=1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3438=1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3438=1
* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-3438=1
* SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-
Server-4.2-2023-3438=1
* SUSE Manager Server 4.2
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2023-3438=1
Package List
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-150000.170.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-150000.170.1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-150000.170.1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-150000.170.1
* ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1
*...
Read the Full AdvisoryReferences
* #1213637
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213637
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