Security update for ghostscript

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0088-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-45944 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-45944 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-45949 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-45949 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2021-45944: Fixed use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (bsc#1194303)
  • CVE-2021-45949: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in sampled_data_finish (bsc#1194304)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-88=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-161.1
    • ghostscript-x11-9.52-161.1
    • ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-161.1
    • ghostscript-9.52-161.1
    • ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-161.1
    • ghostscript-devel-9.52-161.1

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