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Ubuntu: USN-3636-1 (CVE-2018-10194): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3636-1 (CVE-2018-10194): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/18/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/12/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-3636-1
  • CVE-2018-10194

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