SUSE-SU-2024:0921-1

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    SUSE-SU-2024:0921-1

    Published: 18 Mar 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-36773

    Summary: Security update for ghostscript

    Details: This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues: - Fixed segfaults in gs_heap_free_object() — ref:_00D1igLOd._500Tr4BRgx:ref (bsc#1219357). Previously fixed security issue: - CVE-2020-36773: Fixed out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) (bsc#1219554).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240921-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219357, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219554, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36773

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.52-23.71.1

    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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