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Debian 8: DLA-1792-1 Critical Ghostscript Denial of Service Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey May 19, 2019
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance your ghostscript installation to rectify a severe security flaw that poses risks of denial of service or unauthorized code execution.
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...
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Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

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


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: ghostscript
Version: 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u3
CVE ID: CVE-2019-3839

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