GLSA 202309-03: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	09/17/2023
Bugs:	#904245, #910294
ID:	202309-03

Synopsis

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

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-text/ghostscript-gpl	< 10.01.2	>= 10.01.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-10.01.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202309-03.xml

Concerns?

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.