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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202501-06
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 Severity: High
    Title: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: January 23, 2025
     Bugs: #942639
       ID: 202501-06

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript, the
worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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

Affected packages
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Package                   Vulnerable    Unaffected
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app-text/ghostscript-gpl  < 10.04.0     >= 10.04.0

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

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-10.04.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-46951
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46951
[ 2 ] CVE-2024-46952
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46952
[ 3 ] CVE-2024-46953
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46953
[ 4 ] CVE-2024-46954
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46954
[ 5 ] CVE-2024-46955
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46955
[ 6 ] CVE-2024-46956
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46956

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-06

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2025 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5