GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202008-20

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

app-text/ghostscript-gpl on all architectures
Affected versions < 9.52
Unaffected versions >= 9.52

Background

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

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.52"
 

References

Release date
August 29, 2020

Latest revision
August 29, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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