USN-7473-1: Ghostscript vulnerability

Publication date

1 May 2025

Overview

Ghostscript could be made to crash, run programs, or read files if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS
files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass file path validation.

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS
files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass file path validation.

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
24.10 oracular ghostscript –  10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.3
libgs10 –  10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.3
24.04 noble ghostscript –  10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.6
libgs10 –  10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.6

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