• Ghostscript vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Mon Aug 3 16:10:04 2020
    ghostscript vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

    Summary

    Ghostscript could be made to crash, access files, or run programs
    if it opened a specially crafted file.

    Software Description

    * ghostscript - PostScript and PDF interpreter

    Details

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
    PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
    processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could
    possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files, execute
    arbitrary code,

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    ghostscript - 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1
    libgs9 - 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2020-15900

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