Security update for ghostscript

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4125-1
Release Date: 2025-11-18T09:35:13Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-59798 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-59798 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-59798 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-59799 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-59799 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-59799 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-59798: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c. (bsc#1250353)
  • CVE-2025-59799: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size value. (bsc#1250354)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-4125=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • ghostscript-9.52-23.97.1
    • ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.52-23.97.1
    • ghostscript-devel-9.52-23.97.1
    • ghostscript-x11-9.52-23.97.1
    • ghostscript-debuginfo-9.52-23.97.1
    • ghostscript-debugsource-9.52-23.97.1

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