1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7138-1

USN-7138-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 December 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS
files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS
files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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
18.04 bionic libgs9 –  9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm3  
16.04 xenial libgs9 –  9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm8  

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