GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202004-03

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 < 9.28_rc4
Unaffected versions >= 9.28_rc4

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 details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted file using GPL Ghostscript, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

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-9.28_rc4"
 

References

Release date
April 01, 2020

Latest revision
April 01, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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