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CVE-2016-7977

Published: 6 October 2016

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 5.5

Status

Package Release Status
ghostscript
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5])
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2)
yakkety
Released (9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git;h=cf046d2f0fa2c6973c6ca8d582a9b185cc4bd280