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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4442-1 (ghostscript - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-4442-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability was discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Postscript file is processed (despite the -dSAFER sandbox being enabled).

Affected Software

Affected Software

'ghostscript' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u3. We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)