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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-5396-1 Critical: Ghostscript Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A newly discovered security vulnerability in Ghostscript on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS could allow remote code execution. Update your system urgently to protect against threats
Ghostscript could be made to crash, access files, or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Ghostscript could be made to crash, access files, or run programs if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript

files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a

specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of

service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical remote access ghostscript ubuntu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  ghostscript                     9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.16
  libgs9                          9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.16

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5396-1

CVE-2019-25059

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April 28, 2022

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security advisory denial of service critical remote access ghostscript ubuntu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.16

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