1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6017-1

USN-6017-1: Ghostscript vulnerability

Publication date

13 April 2023

Overview

Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received a specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

Details

Hadrien Perrineau discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Hadrien Perrineau discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause 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
22.10 kinetic ghostscript –  9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu3.1
libgs9 –  9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu3.1
22.04 jammy ghostscript –  9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2
libgs9 –  9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2
20.04 focal ghostscript –  9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7
libgs9 –  9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7
18.04 bionic ghostscript –  9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18
libgs9 –  9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18
16.04 xenial ghostscript –  9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5  
libgs9 –  9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5  

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