Fedora 38: 2023-66d60c3df7 Critical: ghostscript Remote Code Execute
fedora
October 15, 2023
fix for CVE-2023-43115 (#2241112)
Summary
This package provides useful conversion utilities based on Ghostscript software,
for converting PS, PDF and other document formats between each other.
Ghostscript is a suite of software providing an interpreter for Adobe Systems'
PostScript (PS) and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages.
Its primary purpose includes displaying (rasterization & rendering) and printing
of document pages, as well as conversions between different document formats.
Update Information:
fix for CVE-2023-43115 (#2241112)
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Oct 11 2023 Richard Lescak
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2241112 - CVE-2023-43115 ghostscript: GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241112
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-66d60c3df7' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html
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Name: ghostscript
Product: Fedora 38
Version: 10.01.2
Release: 4.fc38
Summary: Interpreter for PostScript language & PDF
Topics Covered
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