[ GLSA 202004-03 ] GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

Thomas Deutschmann <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Apr 2020 21:51:40 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.announce
Organization	Gentoo Foundation, Inc
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202004-03
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: April 01, 2020
     Bugs: #676264, #692106, #693002
       ID: 202004-03

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the worst
of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF.

Affected packages
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  1  app-text/ghostscript-gpl
                                 < 9.28_rc4               >= 9.28_rc4

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
file using GPL Ghostscript, possibly resulting in execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of
Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.28_rc4"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-10216
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10216
[ 2 ] CVE-2019-14811
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14811
[ 3 ] CVE-2019-14812
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14812
[ 4 ] CVE-2019-14813
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14813
[ 5 ] CVE-2019-14817
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14817
[ 6 ] CVE-2019-3835
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3835
[ 7 ] CVE-2019-3838
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3838
[ 8 ] CVE-2019-6116
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6116

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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