USN-3148-1

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    USN-3148-1

    Published: 2 Dec 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: ghostscript vulnerabilities

    Details: Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the way that Ghostscript processes certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7976, CVE-2016-7978, CVE-2016-7979, CVE-2016-8602) Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript related to information disclosure. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could expose sensitive data. (CVE-2013-5653, CVE-2016-7977)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3148-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5653, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7976, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7977, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7978, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7979, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8602

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5

    Affected versions

    9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2

    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