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Red Hat: RHSA-2021-1852 Moderate: Ghostscript Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Minor update addressing ghostscript vulnerabilities on Red Hat Enterprise Linux incorporates patches and security enhancements.
An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: ghostscript (9.27). (BZ#1874523)
Security Fix(es):
* ghostscript: use-after-free vulnerability in igc_reloc_struct_ptr() could result in DoS (CVE-2020-14373)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in lprn_is_black() in contrib/lips4/gdevlprn.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16287)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in pj_common_print_page() in devices/gdevpjet.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16288)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in jetp3852_print_page() in devices/gdev3852.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16290)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in contrib/gdevdj9.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16291)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in mj_raster_cmd() in contrib/japanese/gdevmjc.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16292)
* ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in compose_group_nonknockout_nonblend_isolated_allmask_common() in base/gxblend.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16293)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16294)
* ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in clj_media_size() in devices/gdevclj.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16295)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in GetNumWrongData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16296)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in FloydSteinbergDitheringC() in contrib/gdevbjca.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16297)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in mj_color_correct() in contrib/japanese/gdevmjc.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16298)
* ghostscript: division by zero in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16299)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in tiff12_print_page() in devices/gdevtfnx.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16300)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in okiibm_print_page1() in devices/gdevokii.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16301)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in jetp3852_print_page() in devices/gdev3852.c could result in a privilege escalation (CVE-2020-16302)
* ghostscript: use-after-free in xps_finish_image_path() in devices/vector/gdevxps.c could result in a privilege escalation (CVE-2020-16303)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in image_render_color_thresh() in base/gxicolor.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16304)
* ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in devices/gdevtsep.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16306)
* ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c and psi/zbfont.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16307)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16308)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in lxm5700m_print_page() in devices/gdevlxm.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16309)
* ghostscript: division by zero in dot24_print_page() in devices/gdevdm24.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16310)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-17538)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in cif_print_page() in devices/gdevcif.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16289)
* ghostscript: buffer overflow in pcx_write_rle() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS (CVE-2020-16305)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14373 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16287 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16288 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16289 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16290 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16291 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16292 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16293 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16294 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16295 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16296 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16297 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16298 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16299 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16300 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16301 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16302 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16303 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16304 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16305 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16306 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16307 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16308 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: ghostscript-9.27-1.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: ghostscript-9.27-1.el8.aarch64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.aarch64.rpm ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-1.el8.aarch64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.aarch64.rpm ghostscript-x11-9.27-1.el8.aarch64.rpm ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libgs-9.27-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libgs-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: ghostscript-9.27-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm ghostscript-x11-9.27-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libgs-9.27-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libgs-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: ghostscript-9.27-1.el8.s390x.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.s390x.rpm ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-1.el8.s390x.rpm ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.s390x.rpm ghostscript-x11-9.27-1.el8.s390x.rpm ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.s390x.rpm libgs-9.27-1.el8.s390x.rpm libgs-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-9.27-1.el8.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-1.el8.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-1.el8.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1852-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2021-05-18

Topic

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1870149 - CVE-2020-16290 ghostscript: buffer overflow in jetp3852_print_page() in devices/gdev3852.c could result in a DoS

1870152 - CVE-2020-16298 ghostscript: buffer overflow in mj_color_correct() in contrib/japanese/gdevmjc.c could result in a DoS

1870159 - CVE-2020-16310 ghostscript: division by zero in dot24_print_page() in devices/gdevdm24.c could result in a DoS

1870162 - CVE-2020-16307 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c and psi/zbfont.c could result in a DoS

1870165 - CVE-2020-16306 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in devices/gdevtsep.c could result in a DoS

1870167 - CVE-2020-16301 ghostscript: buffer overflow in okiibm_print_page1() in devices/gdevokii.c could result in a DoS

1870169 - CVE-2020-16300 ghostscript: buffer overflow in tiff12_print_page() in devices/gdevtfnx.c could result in a DoS

1870171 - CVE-2020-16299 ghostscript: division by zero in bj10v_print_page() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c could result in a DoS

1870175 - CVE-2020-16296 ghostscript: buffer overflow in GetNumWrongData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c could result in a DoS

1870179 - CVE-2020-16295 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in clj_media_size() in devices/gdevclj.c could result in a DoS

1870227 - CVE-2020-16297 ghostscript: buffer overflow in FloydSteinbergDitheringC() in contrib/gdevbjca.c could result in a DoS

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