CVE-2020-21890: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Aug 22 2023(Updated: )
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact(s) via opening of crafted PDF document.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex Ghostscript | =9.50 | |
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.51<9.51~dfsg-1 | 9.51 9.51~dfsg-1 |
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+ | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+ |
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10 | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10 |
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+ | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+ |
| debian/ghostscript | <=9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5 | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u5 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3 10.02.1~dfsg-3 |
Remedy
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=494eeedf73d13fac5710e56f3a8fb2e7e2379d73
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Reference Links
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701846
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00029.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-21890
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=dbdb5f8527007b482d4e6037b558dbf3e6a06d3a
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=494eeedf73d13fac5710e56f3a8fb2e7e2379d73
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-21890
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-21890
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6364-1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21890
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21890
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