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SUSE: 2024:0921-1 Moderate: Ghostscript Out-Of-Bounds Issue

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Calendar Grey March 22, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE's critical update for Ghostscript addresses vulnerabilities that pose serious security risks, including out-of-bounds writes and segmentation faults to protect users
* bsc#1219357 * bsc#1219554 Cross-References: * CVE-2020-36773

Summary

## This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues: * Fixed segfaults in gs_heap_free_object() — ref:_00D1igLOd._500Tr4BRgx:ref (bsc#1219357). Previously fixed security issue: * CVE-2020-36773: Fixed out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) (bsc#1219554). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-921=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-921=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat ghostscript update SUSE Linux Enterprise out-of-bounds issue

References

* bsc#1219357

* bsc#1219554

Cross-

* CVE-2020-36773

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2020-36773 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2020-36773 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36773.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219357

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219554

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0921-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat ghostscript update SUSE Linux Enterprise out-of-bounds issue

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