PT-2019-6412 · Artifex+7 · Ghostscript+7

Published 2019-11-05 · Updated 2024-08-20 · CVE-2020-21710

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GhostScript version 9.50

Description A divide by zero issue in the eps print page function of the gdevepsn.c component allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the opening of a crafted PDF file. This issue can be exploited by sending a specially crafted PDF file, leading to a denial of service.

Recommendations For GhostScript version 9.50, consider disabling the eps print page function in gdevepsn.c as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Divide By Zero

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-369

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:2966

BDU:2023-09074

CESA-2024_2966

CVE-2020-21710

DLA-3582-1

INFSA-2024_2966

RHSA-2024:2966

RHSA-2024_2966

RLSA-2024:2966

USN-6364-1

Affected Products

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Ghostscript

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Ubuntu

References · 33

• 🔥 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701843 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:2966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-2966.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6364-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-21710 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3582-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2024-0830SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-09074 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2024-1031SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-21710 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2024:2966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21710 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-21710 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20231214SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21710 · Security Note