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CVE-2023-4042

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Date: August 23, 2023

A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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Related Resources (6)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4042
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-4042

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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