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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7977

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use o...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 ghostscript

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.19~dfsg-3.1"}]}]

Debian:13 ghostscript

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.19~dfsg-3.1"}]}]

Debian:14 ghostscript

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.19~dfsg-3.1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org