| Name | CVE-2023-38560 |
| Description | An integer overflow flaw was found in pcl/pl/plfont.c:418 in pl_glyph_name in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via transforming a crafted PCL file to PDF format. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u13 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u9 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u13 | vulnerable |
| buster, buster (lts) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u10 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 10.04.0~dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 10.02.0~dfsg-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706898
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7eb1d0174cb25a0cd44a1c0706c2ed73fc95bef (ghostpdl-10.02.0rc1)
Issue in PCL support shipped sourcewise in src:ghostscript