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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-17538: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-17538: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/13/2020
Created
09/01/2020
Added
08/31/2020
Modified
08/31/2020

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-ghostscript-gpl

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