vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-7979: Security patch for ghostscript (ALAS-2017-784)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 11, 2016 | Jan 11, 2017 | Feb 2, 2018 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 11, 2016
Added
Jan 11, 2017
Modified
Feb 2, 2018
Description
Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-ghostscript
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