Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-5951): Ghostscript regression
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
04/03/2017
07/25/2018
05/02/2017
04/25/2018
Description
The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference 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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