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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-15909: Important: ghostscript security update (CESA-2018:3650)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-15909: Important: ghostscript security update (CESA-2018:3650)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/27/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/15/2018
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-cups
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-devel
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk

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