MGASA-2023-0290

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    MGASA-2023-0290

    Published: 19 Oct 2023Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-43115

    Summary: Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter, after SAFER has been activated. (CVE-2023-43115)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0290.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32400, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PG5AQV7JOL5TAU76FWPJCMSKO5DREKV5/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6433-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.53.3-2.7.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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