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Ubuntu 22.10: USN-6017-1 Critical Ghostscript Code Execution DDoS

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical vulnerability in Ghostscript has been discovered, allowing exploits through crafted input on different Ubuntu versions. Users should update immediately
Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical ghostscript Ubuntu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: ghostscript 9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu3.1 libgs9 9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2 libgs9 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7 libgs9 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18 libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5 libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2023-28879

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April 13, 2023

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security advisory denial of service critical ghostscript Ubuntu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18

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