SUSE-SU-2025:4125-1: moderate: Security update for ghostscript

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# Security update for ghostscript

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4125-1  
Release Date: 2025-11-18T09:35:13Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1250353
  * bsc#1250354

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-59798
  * CVE-2025-59799

  
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

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59798.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59799.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250353
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250354

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