1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3148-1

USN-3148-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Publication date

2 December 2016

Overview

Ghostscript could be made to crash, run programs, or disclose sensitive information if it processed a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the way that Ghostscript
processes certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7976, CVE-2016-7978,
CVE-2016-7979, CVE-2016-8602)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript related to information
disclosure. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could expose sensitive data. (CVE-2013-5653,
CVE-2016-7977)

Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the way that Ghostscript
processes certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7976, CVE-2016-7978,
CVE-2016-7979, CVE-2016-8602)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript related to information
disclosure. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could expose sensitive data. (CVE-2013-5653,
CVE-2016-7977)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.10 yakkety ghostscript –  9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2
ghostscript-x –  9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2
libgs9 –  9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2
libgs9-common –  9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2
16.04 xenial ghostscript –  9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
ghostscript-x –  9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
libgs9 –  9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
libgs9-common –  9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
14.04 trusty ghostscript –  9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
ghostscript-x –  9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
libgs9 –  9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
libgs9-common –  9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
12.04 precise ghostscript –  9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4
ghostscript-x –  9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4
libgs9 –  9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4
libgs9-common –  9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4

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