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SUSE-SU-2017:1138-1 Not scored

Security update for ghostscript

This update for ghostscript fixes the following security vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-8291: A remote command execution and a -dSAFER bypass via a crafted .eps document were exploited in the wild. (bsc#1036453) CVE-2016-9601: An integer overflow in the bundled jbig2dec library could have been misused to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1018128) CVE-2016-10220: A NULL pointer dereference in the PDF Transparency module allowed remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1032120) CVE-2017-5951: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1032114) CVE-2017-7207: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1030263)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 28, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ghostscript

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2017:1138-1

This update for ghostscript fixes the following security vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-8291: A remote command execution and a -dSAFER bypass via a crafted .eps document were exploited in the wild. (bsc#1036453) CVE-2016-9601: An integer overflow in the bundled jbig2dec library could have been misused to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1018128) CVE-2016-10220: A NULL pointer dereference in the PDF Transparency module allowed remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1032120) CVE-2017-5951: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1032114) CVE-2017-7207: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1030263)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence