Debian: DSA-4518-1 Moderate: Ghostscript Privileged Call Bypass
debian
September 7, 2019
It was discovered that various procedures in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, do not properly restrict privileged calls, which could result in bypass of file system...
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Summary
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5.
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2.
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-2019-14811 CVE-2019-14812 CVE-2019-14813 CVE-2019-14817
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