GLSA-201811-12 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities
High Nessus Plugin ID 119132
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches.
Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-12
(GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for additional information.
Impact :
A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially
crafted PostScript file or PDF document using GPL Ghostscript possibly
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process, a Denial of Service condition, or other unspecified impacts,
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.26'