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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-8602: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-8602: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-ghostscript-gpl

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