Bug 1213637 (CVE-2023-38559)

Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2023-38559: ghostscript, ghostscript-library: out of bounds read devn_pcx_write_rle() could result in DoS
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	Carlos López <carlos.lopez>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Johannes Meixner <jsmeix>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	carlos.lopez, dmueller, security-team
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/373357/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-38559:3.3:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Carlos López 2023-07-25 10:58:51 UTC

CVE-2023-38559

A buffer overflow vulnerability in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file and outputing it for DEVN device with gs.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-38559
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367

Comment 1 Carlos López 2023-07-25 10:59:49 UTC

All codestreams are affected.

Comment 13 Johannes Meixner 2023-07-26 09:55:53 UTC

Fix submitted to OBS Printing and forwarded to openSUSE:Factory
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# osc request accept -m "Security fix CVE-2023-38559 \
 bsc#1213637 for ghostscript and ghostscript-mini" 1100802

Result of change request state: ok
openSUSE:Factory 
Forward this submit to it? ([y]/n)y
Security fix CVE-2023-38559 bsc#1213637
 for ghostscript and ghostscript-mini
 (forwarded request 1100802 from jsmeix)
New request # 1100803
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Comment 15 OBSbugzilla Bot 2023-07-26 10:25:02 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1213637) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1100803 Factory / ghostscript

Comment 19 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-28 08:30:12 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3439-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (low)
Bug References: 1213637
CVE References: CVE-2023-38559
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src): ghostscript-9.52-23.57.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (src): ghostscript-9.52-23.57.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (src): ghostscript-9.52-23.57.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (src): ghostscript-9.52-23.57.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 20 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-28 08:30:14 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (low)
Bug References: 1213637
CVE References: CVE-2023-38559
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (src): ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (src): ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (src): ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (src): ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (src): ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.