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 Severity: Normal
    Title: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: August 29, 2020
     Bugs: #734322
       ID: 202008-20

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the worst
of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background
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Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF.

Affected packages
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  1  app-text/ghostscript-gpl
                                   < 9.52                     >= 9.52

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.52"

References
==========

[  1 ] CVE-2020-15900
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15900
[  2 ] CVE-2020-16287
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16287
[  3 ] CVE-2020-16288
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16288
[  4 ] CVE-2020-16289
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16289
[  5 ] CVE-2020-16290
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16290
[  6 ] CVE-2020-16291
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16291
[  7 ] CVE-2020-16292
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16292
[  8 ] CVE-2020-16293
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16293
[  9 ] CVE-2020-16294
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16294
[ 10 ] CVE-2020-16295
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16295
[ 11 ] CVE-2020-16296
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16296
[ 12 ] CVE-2020-16297
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16297
[ 13 ] CVE-2020-16298
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16298
[ 14 ] CVE-2020-16299
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16299
[ 15 ] CVE-2020-16300
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16300
[ 16 ] CVE-2020-16301
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16301
[ 17 ] CVE-2020-16302
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16302
[ 18 ] CVE-2020-16303
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16303
[ 19 ] CVE-2020-16304
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16304
[ 20 ] CVE-2020-16305
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16305
[ 21 ] CVE-2020-16306
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16306
[ 22 ] CVE-2020-16307
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16307
[ 23 ] CVE-2020-16308
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16308
[ 24 ] CVE-2020-16309
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16309
[ 25 ] CVE-2020-16310
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16310
[ 26 ] CVE-2020-17538
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17538

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5