Synopsis: Important: ghostscript security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:3650-1
Issue Date:        2018-11-27
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-15908
                   CVE-2018-16511
                   CVE-2018-15909
                   CVE-2018-16539
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Security Fix(es):

* ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657) (CVE-2018-15908)

* ghostscript: shading_param incomplete type checking (699660)
(CVE-2018-15909)

* ghostscript: missing type check in type checker (699659)
(CVE-2018-16511)

* ghostscript: incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose
contents of files (699658) (CVE-2018-16539)
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SL7
  x86_64
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-cups-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-31.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-devel-9.07-31.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-devel-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-gtk-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1.src.rpm
  noarch
    ghostscript-doc-9.07-31.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2018-3650-1 Important: ghostscript on SL7.x x86_64

ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657) (CVE-2018-15908) * ghostscript: shading_param incomplete type checking (699660) (CVE-2018-15909) * ghostscript: missing type ...

Summary

Important: ghostscript security update



Security Fixes

* ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657) (CVE-2018-15908)
* ghostscript: shading_param incomplete type checking (699660) (CVE-2018-15909)
* ghostscript: missing type check in type checker (699659) (CVE-2018-16511)
* ghostscript: incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files (699658) (CVE-2018-16539)
SL7 x86_64 ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-cups-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-31.el7_6.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-9.07-31.el7_6.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-9.07-31.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1.src.rpm noarch ghostscript-doc-9.07-31.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2018:3650-1
Issued Date: : 2018-11-27
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-15908
CVE-2018-16511
CVE-2018-15909

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