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Unscored USN-3866-2 0 CVEs

ghostscript regression

Published Feb 21, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-3866-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. The new Ghostscript
version introduced a regression when printing certain page sizes. This
update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

Tavis Ormandy discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue 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+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.5
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.5

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1815339