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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-16541) ELSA-2018-3834: ghostscript security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-16541) ELSA-2018-3834: ghostscript security and bug fix update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/05/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/18/2018
Modified
11/23/2022

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-cups
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk

References

  • ELSA-2018-3834
  • USN-3768-1
  • DSA-4288
  • CVE-2018-16541

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