Mageia alert MGASA-2018-0142 (ghostscript)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2018-0142: Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability 
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Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:32:21 +0100
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MGASA-2018-0142 - Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 25 Feb 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0142.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5, 6
CVE: CVE-2016-10317

Description:
The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex
Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly
have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document
(CVE-2016-10317).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22590
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1...

SRPMS:
- 6/core/ghostscript-9.22-1.2.mga6
- 5/core/ghostscript-9.22-1.2.mga5