Information Exposure Affecting ghostscript-doc package, versions <0:8.70-21.el6_8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-GHOSTSCRIPTDOC-2136224
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Sept 2016

Introduced: 28 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7977  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 ghostscript-doc to version 0:8.70-21.el6_8.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-doc package and not the ghostscript-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.