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- USN-3970-1
8/5/2019
USN-3970-1: Ghostscript vulnerability
First published: Wed May 08 2019(Updated: )
It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.1 | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =19.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libgs9 | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.1 | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =19.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.9 | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libgs9 | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.9 | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9 | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libgs9 | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9 | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9 | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libgs9 | <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9 | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3839
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.9
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3970-1 (Advisory)
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