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SUSE: 2021:3044-1 Critical: Ghostscript Command Injection

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2021
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SUSE Linux has released a vital security update that tackles a serious ghostscript vulnerability, providing patch guidance applicable to numerous products and platforms.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2021-3781: Fixed a trivial -dSAFER bypass command injection (bsc#1190381) Also a hardening fix was added: - Link as position independent executable (bsc#1184123) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-3044=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-3044=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-3044=1

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security advisory critical software update ghostscript SUSE Linux command injection SUSE Manager

References

#1184123 #1190381

Cross- CVE-2021-3781

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3781 (SUSE): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3044-1
Rating: critical

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security advisory critical software update ghostscript SUSE Linux command injection SUSE Manager

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