CVE-2023-38559

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.

Ghostscript is an interpreter for PostScript™ and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript consists of a PostScript interpreter layer, and a graphics library.

Security Fix(es):

In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an escaped character, two bytes are written.(CVE-2023-28879)

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).(CVE-2023-36664)

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.(CVE-2023-38559)

Ghostscript is an interpreter for PostScript™ and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript consists of a PostScript interpreter layer, and a graphics library.

Security Fix(es):

In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an escaped character, two bytes are written.(CVE-2023-28879)

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).(CVE-2023-36664)

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.(CVE-2023-38559)

Ghostscript is an interpreter for PostScript™ and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript consists of a PostScript interpreter layer, and a graphics library.

Security Fix(es):

In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an escaped character, two bytes are written.(CVE-2023-28879)

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).(CVE-2023-36664)

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.(CVE-2023-38559)

Ghostscript is an interpreter for PostScript™ and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript consists of a PostScript interpreter layer, and a graphics library.

Security Fix(es):

In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an escaped character, two bytes are written.(CVE-2023-28879)

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).(CVE-2023-36664)

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.(CVE-2023-38559)

Ghostscript is an interpreter for PostScript™ and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript consists of a PostScript interpreter layer, and a graphics library.

Security Fix(es):

In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an escaped character, two bytes are written.(CVE-2023-28879)

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.(CVE-2023-38559)

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.

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es):

• ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)
• ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS (CVE-2023-38559)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es):

• ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)
• ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS (CVE-2023-38559)
• ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (CVE-2023-4042)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

• CVE-2024-33871: fix arbitrary code execution by restricting Driver parameter to load only known dynamic libraries in gdevopvp.c
• CVE-2023-38559: fix buffer overflow flaw in devn_pcx_write_rle() function by adding input validation checks
• CVE-2024-29510: fix memory corruption and SAFER sandbox bypass by preventing format string injection with a uniprint device

• CVE-2023-28879: fix buffer overrun in (T)BCP encoding
• CVE-2023-38559: fix out-of-bounds read in devn_pcx_write_rle
• CVE-2023-46751: fix dangling file pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable
• CVE-2024-46951: check the type of the Pattern Implementation
• CVE-2024-46953: check for overflow validating output file name format string
• CVE-2024-46956: fix buffer length check in file enumeration

• CVE-2023-28879: fix buffer overrun in (T)BCP encoding
• CVE-2023-38559: fix out-of-bounds read in devn_pcx_write_rle
• CVE-2023-46751: fix dangling file pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable
• CVE-2024-46951: check the type of the Pattern Implementation
• CVE-2024-46953: check for overflow validating output file name format string
• CVE-2024-46956: fix buffer length check in file enumeration

• CVE-2023-28879: fix buffer overrun in (T)BCP encoding
• CVE-2023-38559: fix out-of-bounds read in devn_pcx_write_rle
• CVE-2023-46751: fix dangling file pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable
• CVE-2024-46951: check the type of the Pattern Implementation
• CVE-2024-46953: check for overflow validating output file name format string
• CVE-2024-46956: fix buffer length check in file enumeration

Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

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. (CVE-2023-38559)

These are all security issues fixed in the ghostscript-9.56.1-5.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2023-38559: Fixed out-of-bounds read in devn_pcx_write_rle() that could result in DoS (bsc#1213637).

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2023-38559: Fixed out-of-bounds read in devn_pcx_write_rle() that could result in DoS (bsc#1213637).

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled outputting certain PDF files. A local attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service.