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Debian: DSA-5039-1 Critical: ImageMagick Vulnerability in DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey January 8, 2022
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Urgent security patch for Ghostscript rectifying various vulnerabilities that could result in denial of service and arbitrary code execution.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code...
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security advisory security update code execution Debian Denial of Service severe Ghostscript

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u2.

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-2021-45944 CVE-2021-45949

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security advisory security update code execution Debian Denial of Service severe Ghostscript

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