GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201811-12

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

app-text/ghostscript-gpl on all architectures
Affected versions < 9.26
Unaffected versions >= 9.26

Background

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for additional information.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PostScript file or PDF document using GPL Ghostscript possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or other unspecified impacts,

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.26"
 

References

Release date
November 24, 2018

Latest revision
November 24, 2018: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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