CVE-2023-4042

A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64:8.0_aarch64:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0_s390x:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian:8.0_ppc64le:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.0_aarch64:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0_s390x:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0_ppc64le:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-08-23 13:15

Updated : 2023-12-27 22:04

NVD link : CVE-2023-4042

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4042

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4042

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

ghostscript

redhat

codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems
codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian
codeready_linux_builder
enterprise_linux
enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian
enterprise_linux_for_arm_64
enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems
codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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