SUSE-SU-2026:21363-1: moderate: Security update for ghostscript

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# Security update for ghostscript

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21363-1  
Release Date: 2026-04-21T09:49:39Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1243701
  * bsc#1245896
  * bsc#1250353
  * bsc#1250354
  * bsc#1250355
  * bsc#1257699

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-46646
  * CVE-2025-48708
  * CVE-2025-59798
  * CVE-2025-59799
  * CVE-2025-59800
  * CVE-2025-59801

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-46646 ( SUSE ):  2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2025-46646 ( NVD ):  4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  * CVE-2025-48708 ( SUSE ):  3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2025-48708 ( NVD ):  4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2025-48708 ( NVD ):  3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * 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 ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * 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-2025-59799 ( 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 ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * 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-2025-59800 ( SUSE ):  4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  * CVE-2025-59800 ( NVD ):  4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  * CVE-2025-59800 ( NVD ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2025-59801 ( NVD ):  4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

  
  
An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

Update to version 10.06.0.

Security issues fixed:

  * CVE-2025-59800: an integer overflow can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow
    in ocr_line8 (bsc#1250355).
  * CVE-2025-59799: a large size value can cause a stack-based buffer overflow
    in pdfmark_coerce_dest (bsc#1250354).
  * CVE-2025-59798: stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap can lead to a
    denial-of-service (bsc#1250353).
  * CVE-2025-48708: lacks of argument sanitization may lead to password
    disclosure (bsc#1243701).
  * CVE-2025-46646: mishandling of overlong utf-8 encoding in artifex
    ghostscript's decode_utf8 function (bsc#1257699).

Other updates and bugfixes:

  * switch over to libalternatives for ghostscript to provide a gs variant
    (bsc#1245896)

  * Version upgrade to 10.06.0:

  * removes the non-standard operator "selectdevice" (cf. the entry below dated
    Tue Apr 1 09:56:06 UTC 2025)

  * Version upgrade to 10.05.1:

  * an overflow issue in Freetype on platforms where long is a 4 byte (rather
    than 8 byte) type (Microsoft Windows, for example) causing corrupted glyph
    rendering at higher resolutions

  * an issue with embedded files, affecting Zugferd format PDF creation.
  * broken logic in PDF Optional Content processing
  * potential slow down due to searching for identifiable font files
  * a small number of extreme edge case segmentation faults.

## 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 for SAP applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-602=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-602=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-devel-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-debugsource-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-x11-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-debuginfo-10.06.0-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-devel-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-debugsource-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-x11-10.06.0-160000.1.1
    * ghostscript-debuginfo-10.06.0-160000.1.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46646.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48708.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59798.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59799.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59800.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59801.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243701
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245896
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250353
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250354
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250355
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257699

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