{"id":"USN-5396-2","summary":"ghostscript vulnerability","details":"USN-5396-1 addressed a vulnerability in Ghostscript. This update\nprovides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript\n files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\n specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\n access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of\n service.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:23:28.696381Z","published":"2022-06-08T19:56:32Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-25059"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-25059","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-25059"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5396-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-25059"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3"}]}],"versions":["9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3","9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.5","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.6","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.7","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.8","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.10","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.12","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3","binary_name":"ghostscript"},{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3","binary_name":"ghostscript-x"},{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3","binary_name":"libgs9"},{"binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3","binary_name":"libgs9-common"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2019-25059","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5396-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}