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Debian: CVE-2013-5653: ghostscript -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2013-5653: ghostscript -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/13/2016
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ghostscript

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