| Name | CVE-2023-38559 |
| Description | A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN device with gs. |
| 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-3519-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1043033 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | buster | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3 | fixed |
| trixie | 10.02.1~dfsg-3 | fixed |
| sid | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1fb9991bb95f1201abb5dea55f57f (ghostpdl-10.02.0rc1)