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Debian: DSA-4372-1 Moderate: Ghostscript DoS And Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2019
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- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory
Tavis Ormandy discovered a vulnerability in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

For the detailed security status of ghostscript please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: ghostscript
CVE ID: CVE-2019-6116

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