Synopsis: Low: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2019:2281-1
Issue Date:        2019-08-06
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-11645
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The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
ghostscript (9.25).

Security Fix(es):

* ghostscript: status command permitted with -dSAFER in psi/zfile.c
allowing attackers to identify the size and existence of files
(CVE-2018-11645)
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SL7
  x86_64
    ghostscript-9.25-2.el7.i686.rpm
    libgs-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libgs-9.25-2.el7.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-cups-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-doc-9.25-2.el7.noarch.rpm
    ghostscript-gtk-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libgs-devel-9.25-2.el7.i686.rpm
    libgs-devel-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el7.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    ghostscript-doc-9.25-2.el7.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2019-2281-1 Low: ghostscript on SL7.x x86_64

ghostscript: status command permitted with -dSAFER in psi/zfile.c allowing attackers to identify the size and existence of files (CVE-2018-11645) SL7 x86_64 ghostscript-9.25-2.el7....

Summary

Low: ghostscript security, bug fix, and enhancement update



Security Fixes

* ghostscript: status command permitted with -dSAFER in psi/zfile.c allowing attackers to identify the size and existence of files (CVE-2018-11645)
SL7 x86_64 ghostscript-9.25-2.el7.i686.rpm libgs-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libgs-9.25-2.el7.i686.rpm ghostscript-cups-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-9.25-2.el7.noarch.rpm ghostscript-gtk-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libgs-devel-9.25-2.el7.i686.rpm libgs-devel-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el7.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el7.x86_64.rpm noarch ghostscript-doc-9.25-2.el7.noarch.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2019:2281-1
Issued Date: : 2019-08-06
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-11645
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:

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