1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6551-1

USN-6551-1: Ghostscript vulnerability

Publication date

12 December 2023

Overview

Ghostscript could be made to crash if it wrote a TIFF file.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing TIFF files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing TIFF files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic ghostscript –  10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2
23.04 lunar ghostscript –  10.0.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu1.5
22.04 jammy ghostscript –  9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6

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