openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2019:1119-1 Important Ghostscript Access Issue
opensuse
April 2, 2019
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for ghostscript fixes the following issue:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2019-3838: Fixed a vulnerability which made forceput operator in
DefineResource to be still accessible which could allow access to file
system outside of the constraints of -dSAFER (bsc#1129186).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1119=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):
ghostscript-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-debugsource-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-devel-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-mini-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-mini-debuginfo-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-mini-debugsource-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-mini-devel-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-x11-9.26a-14.18.1
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.26a-14.18.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3838.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1129186
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1119-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
Topics Covered
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