CVE-2023-4042

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.

CVE-2020-16305 affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8, but was only intended to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. (https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1852 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4)

That errata provided updates for ghostscript packages, but did not include fixes for CVE-2020-16305 as it was claimed. For more details about the original security issue CVE-2020-16305, refer to the CVE page: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16305.

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