SB2017040708 - Fedora 26 update for ghostscript
Published: April 7, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017040708
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7207)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the mem_get_bits_rectangle() function in base/gdevmem.c in Ghostscript. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PostScript file, pass it to the affected application and crash it.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.