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Debian: DSA-4442-1 Security Advisory for Ghostscript Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 12, 2019
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A recent Ghostscript security patch fixes a critical flaw in Debian systems related to PostScript and PDF file handling.
A vulnerability was discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Postscrip...

Summary

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u3.

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/



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Package: ghostscript
CVE ID: CVE-2019-3839

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