Ubuntu 23.10: USN-6551-1 moderate: ghostscript denial of service

ubuntu

December 12, 2023

Ghostscript could be made to crash if it wrote a TIFF file.

Summary

Ghostscript could be made to crash if it wrote a TIFF file.

Software Description:

- ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing TIFF files.

A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to

crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update ghostscript Ubuntu crash

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   ghostscript                     10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 23.04:
   ghostscript                     10.0.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   ghostscript                     9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6

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