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Debian 10 Buster DLA-3519-1 Critical: Ghostscript Buffer Overflow Fix

debian lts
Calendar Grey August 7, 2023
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3620-1 responds to a severe vulnerability in CUPS for Debian 10 buster. Immediate upgrade is advised.
A buffer overflow in devn_pcx_write_rle() has been fixed in Ghostsciprt, an interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files
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Summary

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8.

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 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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Package: ghostscript
Version: 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8
CVE ID: CVE-2023-38559
Debian Bug: 1043033

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