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LIN9-4278 : Security Advisory - ghostscript - CVE-2016-7979

Created: May 25, 2017    Updated: May 29, 2018
Resolved Date: Aug 10, 2017
Found In Version: 9.0.0.6
Fix Version: 9.0.0.8
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 9
Component/s: Userspace

Description

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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7979

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