Bug 1441572 (CVE-2017-5951)

Summary: CVE-2017-5951 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the mem_get_bits_rectangle function
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: unspecifiedCC: abhgupta, deekej, kseifried, tiwillia, twaugh, zdohnal
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Security
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-04-12 11:36:29 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On: 1441581    
Bug Blocks:    

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-12 08:55:18 UTC
The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file. 

Upstream patch:

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=bfa6b2ec

Upstream bug:

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697548

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-04-12 09:01:52 UTC
Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1441581]