MGASA-2024-0192 - Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 23 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0192.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-29510,
     CVE-2024-33869,
     CVE-2024-33870,
     CVE-2024-33871

Multiple security issues were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL
PostScript/PDF interpreter, which could result in denial of service and
potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed document files
are processed.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33220
- https://lwn.net/Articles/973884/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29510
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33869
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33870
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33871

SRPMS:
- 9/core/ghostscript-10.03.1-1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0192: ghostscript Security Advisory Updates

Multiple security issues were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code...

Summary

Multiple security issues were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed document files are processed.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33220

- https://lwn.net/Articles/973884/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29510

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33869

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33870

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33871

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0192 - Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/ghostscript-10.03.1-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 23 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0192.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-29510, CVE-2024-33869, CVE-2024-33870, CVE-2024-33871

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