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Package "ghostscript"

Name: ghostscript

Description:

interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
Latest version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/

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Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6 2023-12-12 14:12:46 UTC

  ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: DoS via dangling pointer
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-46751.patch: fix tiffsep(1) requirement for
      seekable output files in base/gdevprn.c, devices/gdevtsep.c.
    - CVE-2023-46751

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:25:45 -0500
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-46751 An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through 10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the

Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.5 2023-10-17 13:06:58 UTC

  ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.5) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: code execution via PS documents and IJS device
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-43115.patch: prevent PostScript programs
      switching to the IJS device after SAFER has been activated in
      devices/gdevijs.c.
    - CVE-2023-43115

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:02:58 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-43115 In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents because they can swi

Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 2023-08-17 14:07:03 UTC

  ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-38559.patch: bounds check the buffer prior to
      deferencing the pointer in devn_pcx_write_rle() in base/gdevdevn.c.
    - CVE-2023-38559

 -- Allen Huang <email address hidden> Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:40:49 +0100
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-38559 A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a den

Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.3 2023-07-10 15:07:00 UTC

  ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.3) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: incorrect permission validation for pipe devices
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-36664-1.patch: don't reduce pipe file names
      for permission validation in base/gpmisc.c, base/gslibctx.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-36664-2.patch: fix logic and add extra test
      in base/gpmisc.c, base/gslibctx.c.
    - CVE-2023-36664

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:49:52 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-36664 Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2 2023-04-13 21:07:02 UTC

  ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Buffer Overflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-28879.patch: add check to make sure that the
      buffer has space for two characters in s_xBCPE_process() in base/sbcp.c.
    - CVE-2023-28879

 -- Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden <email address hidden> Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:15:40 -0300
CVE-2023-28879 In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in


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