Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1915-1 ghostscript -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 09 Sep 2019
- Affected Packages:
- ghostscript
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-14811, CVE-2019-14812, CVE-2019-14813, CVE-2019-14817.
- More information:
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It was discovered that various procedures in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, do not properly restrict privileged calls, which could result in bypass of file system restrictions of the dSAFER sandbox.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, these problems have been fixed in version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u5.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