Bug 1870256 (CVE-2020-16308) - CVE-2020-16308 ghostscript: buffer overflow in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.c could result in a DoS
Summary: CVE-2020-16308 ghostscript: buffer overflow in p_print_image() in devices/gde...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-16308
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1870259 1872498 1872499
Blocks: 1870273
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-08-19 15:33 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2024-10-01 16:47 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: ghostscript 9.51
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Last Closed: 2021-05-18 20:35:47 UTC
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Description Michael Kaplan 2020-08-19 15:33:57 UTC
A buffer overflow vulnerability in p_print_image() in devices/gdevcdj.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

References:

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701829
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=af004276fd8f6c305727183c159b83021020f7d6

Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2020-08-19 15:34:33 UTC
Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1870259]

Comment 3 Todd Cullum 2020-08-25 22:23:53 UTC
Flaw summary:

in ep_print_image() of /devices/gdevcdj.c, a missing bounds check in a for loop condition of pointer `p3` could cause an out-of-bounds read when an attacker provides a crafted PDF file to be processed by ghostscript.

Comment 4 Todd Cullum 2020-08-25 22:24:35 UTC
Mitigation:

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 15:37:14 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:1852 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1852

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-05-18 20:35:47 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-16308


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