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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-17183) ELSA-2018-3834: ghostscript security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-17183) ELSA-2018-3834: ghostscript security and bug fix update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/19/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/18/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.

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-3773-1
  • CVE-2018-17183

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