USN-6297-1

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    USN-6297-1

    Published: 17 Aug 2023Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: ghostscript vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled outputting certain PDF files. A local attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6297-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38559

    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+esm6

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-6297-1 | CVE-DB