Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1792-1 ghostscript -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 19 May 2019
- Affected Packages:
- ghostscript
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-3839.
- More information:
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A vulnerability was discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Postscript file is processed (despite the -dSAFER sandbox being enabled).
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u3.We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS