Ghostscript could be made to access files if it opened a specially crafted file.
Netanel Fisher discovered that the font handler in Ghostscript did not properly restrict privileged calls when ‘-dSAFER’ restrictions were in effect. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files.
12 August 2019
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Ghostscript could be made to access files if it opened a specially crafted file.
Netanel Fisher discovered that the font handler in Ghostscript did not properly restrict privileged calls when ‘-dSAFER’ restrictions were in effect. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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