SUSE-SU-2016:0884-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0884-1

    Published: 24 Mar 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3228
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-3228

    Summary: Security update for ghostscript

    Details: ghostscript was updated to fix one security issue and one bug. The following vulnerability was fixed: * CVE-2015-3228: Specially crafted ps files could have caused an out of bound read/write due to an integer overflow, causing a segfault in the application or having unspecified further impact. Also a non security bug was fixed: - fix a crash in mutex handling (bsc#963017)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160884-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/939342, https://bugzilla.suse.com/963017, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3228

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.15-6.5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High