MGASA-2023-0260: ghostscript Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 11-09-2023Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2023-0260 is a vulnerability in ghostscript Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2023-36664CVE-2023-38559

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability 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)

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Mageia2 products
  • ghostscript< 9.53.3-2.6.mga8
  • ghostscript< 10.00.0-6.2.mga9

1 vendor · 2 products

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