Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27792): Ghostscript vulnerability
4
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
08/19/2022
09/23/2022
09/21/2022
11/22/2023
Description
A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript
- ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript-x
- ubuntu-upgrade-libgs9
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