CVE-2016-7979

It was found that the ghostscript function .initializedscparser did not validate its parameter before using it, allowing a type confusion flaw. A specially crafted postscript document could cause a crash code execution in the context of the gs process...

CVE-2016-7978

It was found that the ghostscript function .setdevice suffered a use-after-free vulnerability due to an incorrect reference count. A specially crafted postscript document could trigger code execution in the context of the gs process...

Security update for ghostscript-library (important)

This update for ghostscript-library fixes the following issues: - Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered where ghostscript's "-dsafer" flag did not provide sufficient protection against unintended access to the file system. Thus, a machine that would process a specially crafted...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: ghostscript-9.20-2.fc23

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language and an interpreter for Portable Document Format PDF files. Ghostscript translates PostScript code into many...

[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: ghostscript-9.20-2.fc24

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language and an interpreter for Portable Document Format PDF files. Ghostscript translates PostScript code into many...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: ghostscript-9.20-2.fc25

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language and an interpreter for Portable Document Format PDF files. Ghostscript translates PostScript code into many...

CVE-2016-8602

It was found that ghostscript did not sufficiently check the validity of parameters given to the .sethalftone5 function. A specially crafted postscript document could cause a crash, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the gs process...

Debian DSA-3691-1 : ghostscript - security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or information disclosure if a specially crafted Postscript file is processed. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text an...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3691-1] ghostscript security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3691-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso October 12, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3691-1] ghostscript security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3691-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso October 12, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

PT-2016-7519

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript versions prior to 9.21 Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document. This is achieved by calling the .sethalftone5 function with an...

CVE-2016-8602

The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3691-1 (ghostscript - security update)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or information disclosure if a specially crafted Postscript file is processed. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb3691.nasl 6959 2017-08-18 07:24:59Z astei...

DSA-3691-1 ghostscript - security update

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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8602

The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript-library (SUSE-SU-2016:2492-1)

This update for ghostscript-library fixes the following issues : - Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered where ghostscript's '-dsafer' flag did not provide sufficient protection against unintended access to the file system. Thus, a machine that would process a specially crafted...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3691-1)

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CVE-2016-7977

It was found that ghostscript function .libfile did not honor the -dSAFER option, usually used when processing untrusted documents, leading to information disclosure. A specially crafted postscript document could, in the context of the gs process, retrieve file content on the target machine...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7977

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document...

CVE-2016-7977

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document...