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SUSE: CVE-2016-8602: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-8602: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2016
Modified
08/10/2021

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)

  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-other
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-rus
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-std
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-ijs-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-library
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-omni
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-x11
  • suse-upgrade-libgimpprint
  • suse-upgrade-libgimpprint-devel

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2654-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2723-1
  • RHSA-2017:0013
  • RHSA-2017:0014
  • DLA-674-1
  • DSA-3691
  • 95311
  • GLSA-201702-31
  • CVE-2016-8602
  • USN-3148-1
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