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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-16542: Important: ghostscript security update (CESA-2018:2918)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-16542: Important: ghostscript security update (CESA-2018:2918)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/05/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/17/2018
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use insufficient interpreter stack-size checking during error handling to crash the interpreter.

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

References

  • 105337
  • DSA-4288
  • CVE-2018-16542
  • RHSA-2018:2918
  • USN-3768-1

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