ELA-833-1 ghostscript security update

buffer overflow

2023-04-18
Packageghostscript
Version9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u11 (jessie), 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u11 (stretch)
Related CVEs CVE-2023-28879


It was discovered that there was a potential buffer-overflow vulnerability in ghostscript, a popular interpreter for the PostScript language used, for example, to generate PDF files.



For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u11.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u11.

We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.