Debian 8: DLA-1992-1 Critical Ghostscript Sandbox Bypass
debian lts
November 14, 2019
Manfred Paul and Lukas Schauer reported that the .charkeys procedure in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, does not properly restrict privileged calls, which could re...
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Summary
For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u6.
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+deb8u6
CVE ID: CVE-2019-14869
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