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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7979

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveragi...

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 execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.

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