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
