Name | CVE-2020-27792 |
Description | A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-3096-1 |
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+deb11u9 | fixed | |
bookworm, bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | fixed | |
sid, trixie | 10.04.0~dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ghostscript | source | buster | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u6 | DLA-3096-1 | ||
ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 9.51~dfsg-1 |
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7 (ghostpdl-9.51rc1)