[USN-3866-1] Ghostscript vulnerability
Marc Deslauriers
marc.deslauriers at canonical.com
Wed Jan 23 17:52:08 UTC 2019
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3866-1
January 23, 2019
ghostscript vulnerability
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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:
Ghostscript could be made to crash, access files, or run programs if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter
Details:
Tavis Ormandy discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue 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+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4
libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3866-1
CVE-2019-6116
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
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