USN-5224-2

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    USN-5224-2

    Published: 13 Jan 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: ghostscript vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-5224-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5224-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45944, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45949

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1

    Affected versions

    9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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