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[slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2024-067-01)

Posted on 08 March 2024
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2024-067-01)

New ghostscript packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixes security issues:
A vulnerability was identified in the way Ghostscript/GhostPDL called
tesseract for the OCR devices, which could allow arbitrary code execution.
Thanks to J_W for the heads-up.
Mishandling of permission validation for pipe devices could allow arbitrary
code execution.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36664
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
533102bd76c090b72680cf466386a458 ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
b1ee06e28fd81b1d04a3b62a5a953886 ghostscript-9.55.0-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a40a1e316f17c75b753c8d9e3a59dff2 ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
799f7a0f77d8a2e7624f8b4a97942d45 ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

 

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