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Debian 7 DLA-905-1 Critical: Ghostscript Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2017
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Ghostscript security patch addresses severe vulnerabilities resulting in potential service disruption on Debian 7. Immediate upgrade is advised.
ghostscript is vulnerable to multiple issues that can lead to denial of service when processing untrusted content
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Summary

Application crash with division by 0 in scan conversion code triggered
through crafted content.

CVE-2016-10220

Application crash with a segfault in gx_device_finalize() triggered
through crafted content.

CVE-2017-5951

Application crash with a segfault in ref_stack_index() triggered
through crafted content.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u5.

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

--
Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

Support Debian LTS: https://www.freexian.com/lts/debian/
Learn to master Debian: https://debian-handbook.info/get/


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: ghostscript
Version: 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u5
CVE ID: CVE-2016-10219 CVE-2016-10220 CVE-2017-5951

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