Debian DLA-674-2 : ghostscript regression update

The update for ghostscript issued as DLA-674-1 caused regressions for certain Postscript document viewers evince, zathura. Updated packages are now available to address this problem. For reference, the original advisory text follows. Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL...

DLA-674-1 ghostscript - security update

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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 -...

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...

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...

DSA-3691-1 ghostscript - security update

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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...

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)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

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...

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...