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Ubuntu: USN-3636-1 (CVE-2016-10317): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3636-1 (CVE-2016-10317): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/03/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/12/2018
Modified
05/12/2018

Description

The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgs9

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