ELSA-2023-7053: Security update for 8 packages

ELSA-2023-7053, released November 17, 2023, fixes 3 CVEs across 8 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

9.8

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0634

93rd percentile

Priority of the 3 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 1
                                Routine 2

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
ghostscript	ol 8	0:9.27-11.el8
ghostscript-doc	ol 8	0:9.27-11.el8
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf	ol 8	0:9.27-11.el8
ghostscript-tools-fonts	ol 8	0:9.27-11.el8
ghostscript-tools-printing	ol 8	0:9.27-11.el8
ghostscript-x11	ol 8	0:9.27-11.el8
libgs	ol 8	0:9.27-11.el8
libgs-devel	ol 8	0:9.27-11.el8

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2023-28879	ghostscript: fix for - Resolves: rhbz#2188297	9.8	0.0634	None reported
Routine	CVE-2023-38559	ghostscript: fix for - Resolves: rhbz#2224371	5.5	0.0044	None reported
Routine	CVE-2023-4042	ghostscript: fix for - Resolves: rhbz#2228153	5.5	0.0034	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2023-28879

ALSA-2023:7053
ghostscript, ghostscript-doc, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf and 5 more on almalinux 8
RHSA-2023:7053
ghostscript, ghostscript-doc, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf and 5 more on RHEL 8
ELSA-2023-6544
ghostscript, ghostscript-doc, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf and 5 more on ol 9
ALSA-2023:6544
ghostscript, ghostscript-doc, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf and 5 more on almalinux 9
RHSA-2023:6544
ghostscript, ghostscript-doc, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf and 5 more on RHEL 9
ALAS2023-2023-162
ghostscript, ghostscript-debuginfo, ghostscript-debugsource and 11 more on amzn 2023
DSA-5383-1
ghostscript on Debian 11.6 (bullseye)
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28879
ghostscript on Debian 12.15 (bookworm), Debian 13.5 (trixie), Debian 14

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-7053.html

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