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Ubuntu: USN-4469-1 (CVE-2020-16288): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4469-1 (CVE-2020-16288): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/13/2020
Created
08/27/2020
Added
08/25/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in pj_common_print_page() in devices/gdevpjet.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Solution(s)

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

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