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Ubuntu 25.04 Ghostscript Important DOS Vulnerability USN-7782-1

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2025
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Ghostscript vulnerabilities fixed in Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7782-1, affecting multiple Ubuntu versions. Immediate updates recommended.
Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.

Software Description:

- ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled opening a file to

write. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to

crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-7462)

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing certain

files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to

crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-59798, CVE-2025-59799)

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled performing OCR on

certain files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code. (CVE-2025-59800)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ghostscript Ubuntu important cve-2025-7462

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 25.04
  ghostscript                     10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2
  libgs10                         10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  ghostscript                     10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8
  libgs10                         10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  ghostscript                     9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13
  libgs9                          9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7782-1

CVE-2025-59798, CVE-2025-59799, CVE-2025-59800, CVE-2025-7462

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7782-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ghostscript Ubuntu important cve-2025-7462

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13

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