USN-3831-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

ghostscript vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.

Software Description

ghostscript – PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details

It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple security issues. If a
user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted
file, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary
files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10: ghostscript – 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.1; libgs9 – 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ghostscript – 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1; libgs9 – 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ghostscript – 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1; libgs9 – 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ghostscript – 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; libgs9 – 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

Source: USN-3831-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

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