ghostscript vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.
Software Description
- ghostscript - PostScript and PDF interpreter
Details
Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple security issues in Ghostscript. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ghostscript - 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2
- libgs9 - 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript - 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9
- libgs9 - 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ghostscript - 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13
- libgs9 - 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.