Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2023· Updated Nov 21, 2025
Ghostscript: incomplete fix for cve-2020-16305
CVE-2023-4042
Description
A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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Affected products
14cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb+ 4 more
- cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crbrange: 0:9.27-11.el8
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscriptpkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-dvipdfpkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-fontspkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-printingpkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-x11pkg:rpm/almalinux/libgspkg:rpm/almalinux/libgs-devel
< 9.27-11.el8+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-11.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-11.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-11.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-11.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-11.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-11.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-11.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-11.el8
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References
4- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitre
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