Synopsis: Important: ghostscript security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2019:0229-1
Issue Date:        2019-01-31
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-16540
                   CVE-2018-19475
                   CVE-2018-19476
                   CVE-2018-19477
                   CVE-2019-6116
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Security Fix(es):

* ghostscript: use-after-free in copydevice handling (699661)
(CVE-2018-16540)

* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zdevice2.c (700153) (CVE-2018-19475)

* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zicc.c (700169) (CVE-2018-19476)

* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zfjbig2.c (700168) (CVE-2018-19477)

* ghostscript: subroutines within pseudo-operators must themselves be
pseudo-operators (700317) (CVE-2019-6116)

Bug Fix(es):

* Previously, ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1 introduced a regression during
the standard input reading, causing a "/invalidfileaccess in --run--"
error. With this update, the regression has been fixed and the described
error no longer occurs.
--

SL7
  x86_64
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.9.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.9.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-cups-9.07-31.el7_6.9.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-31.el7_6.9.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-31.el7_6.9.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-devel-9.07-31.el7_6.9.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-devel-9.07-31.el7_6.9.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-gtk-9.07-31.el7_6.9.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.9.src.rpm
  noarch
    ghostscript-doc-9.07-31.el7_6.9.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2019-0229-1 Important: ghostscript on SL7.x x86_64

ghostscript: use-after-free in copydevice handling (699661) (CVE-2018-16540) * ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zdevice2.c (700153) (CVE-2018-19475) * ghostscript: access bypass i...

Summary

Important: ghostscript security and bug fix update



Security Fixes

* ghostscript: use-after-free in copydevice handling (699661) (CVE-2018-16540)
* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zdevice2.c (700153) (CVE-2018-19475)
* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zicc.c (700169) (CVE-2018-19476)
* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zfjbig2.c (700168) (CVE-2018-19477)
* ghostscript: subroutines within pseudo-operators must themselves be pseudo-operators (700317) (CVE-2019-6116)

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2019:0229-1
Issued Date: : 2019-01-31
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-16540
CVE-2018-19475
CVE-2018-19476

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