USN-3773-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

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

It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple security issues. 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 - 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

libgs9 - 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

ghostscript - 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

libgs9 - 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

ghostscript - 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

libgs9 - 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-16510
• CVE-2018-17183

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2P01pEZ