| Name | CVE-2017-5951 |
| Description | The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-905-1, DSA-3838-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 859696 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 | fixed | |
| trixie | 10.05.1~dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky | 10.05.1~dfsg-3 | fixed | |
| sid | 10.06.0~dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | source | wheezy | 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u5 | DLA-905-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | jessie | 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u5 | DSA-3838-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 | 859696 |
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697548
Fixed by: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=bfa6b2ecbe48edc69a7d9d22a12419aed25960b8