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Unscored USN-3831-2 0 CVEs

ghostscript regression

Published Dec 6, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-3831-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. Ghostscript 9.26
introduced a regression when used with certain options. This update fixes
the problem.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple security issues. If a
user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted
file, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary
files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1806517