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

Background
==========

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

Affected packages
=================

——————————————————————-
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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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
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

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

Concerns?
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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
security@gentoo.org 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
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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