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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-16303: Moderate: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1852)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-16303: Moderate: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1852)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/13/2020
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/20/2022

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in xps_finish_image_path() in devices/vector/gdevxps.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-dvipdf
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-fonts
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-printing
  • alma-upgrade-ghostscript-x11
  • alma-upgrade-libgs
  • alma-upgrade-libgs-devel

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