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Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast Affecting ghostscript-gtk package, versions <0:8.70-21.el6_8.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.73% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-GHOSTSCRIPTGTK-2511573
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 May 2017
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Introduced: 23 May 2017

CVE-2016-7979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-704  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 ghostscript-gtk to version 0:8.70-21.el6_8.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0014.

NVD Description

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

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.