USN-6017-2: Ghostscript vulnerability
Publication date
26 April 2023
Overview
Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received a specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- ghostscript - PostScript and PDF interpreter
Details
USN-6017-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.04.
Original advisory details:
Hadrien Perrineau discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
USN-6017-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.04.
Original advisory details:
Hadrien Perrineau discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.04 lunar | ghostscript – 10.0.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1 | ||
| libgs10 – 10.0.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1 | |||
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