Security update for ghostscript

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0920-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-36773 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-36773 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed segfaults in gs_heap_free_object() — ref:_00D1igLOd._500Tr4BRgx:ref (bsc#1219357).

Previously fixed security issue:

  • CVE-2020-36773: Fixed out-of-bounds write and use-after-free in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c (for txtwrite) (bsc#1219554).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-920=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2024-920=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.185.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-150000.185.1
    • ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.185.1

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