A ghostscript security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:3044-1: critical: Security update for ghostscript

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ghostscript
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:3044-1
Rating: critical
References: #1184123 #1190381
Cross-References: CVE-2021-3781
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-3781 (SUSE): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
is now available.

Description:

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2021-3781: Fixed a trivial -dSAFER bypass command injection
(bsc#1190381)

Also a hardening fix was added:

- Link as position independent executable (bsc#1184123)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-3044=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

ghostscript-9.52-155.1
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-155.1
ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-155.1
ghostscript-devel-9.52-155.1
ghostscript-x11-9.52-155.1
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-155.1
libspectre-debugsource-0.2.8-3.12.1
libspectre-devel-0.2.8-3.12.1
libspectre1-0.2.8-3.12.1
libspectre1-debuginfo-0.2.8-3.12.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3781.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184123
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190381