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Debian: CVE-2018-17961: ghostscript -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-17961: ghostscript -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/15/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/11/2018
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ghostscript

References

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