New ghostscript packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixes security issues:
A vulnerability was identified in the way Ghostscript/GhostPDL called
tesseract for the OCR devices, which could allow arbitrary code execution.
Thanks to J_W for the heads-up.
Mishandling of permission validation for pipe devices could allow arbitrary
code execution.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2023-36664
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 15.0 package:
533102bd76c090b72680cf466386a458 ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
b1ee06e28fd81b1d04a3b62a5a953886 ghostscript-9.55.0-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
a40a1e316f17c75b753c8d9e3a59dff2 ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
799f7a0f77d8a2e7624f8b4a97942d45 ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 15.0 | i586 | ghostscript | < 9.55.0 | ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz |
Slackware | 15.0 | x86_64 | ghostscript | < 9.55.0 | ghostscript-9.55.0-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz |
Slackware | current | i586 | ghostscript | < 10.03.0 | ghostscript-10.03.0-i586-1.txz |
Slackware | current | x86_64 | ghostscript | < 10.03.0 | ghostscript-10.03.0-x86_64-1.txz |