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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-10219): Ghostscript regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-10219): Ghostscript regression

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/03/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2017
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript-x
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgs9
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgs9-common

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