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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2016-7977) Remote File Disclosure

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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2016-7977) Remote File Disclosure

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/23/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/10/2018
Modified
10/11/2018

Description

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.

Solution(s)

  • ghostscript-upgrade-9_21

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