USN-5396-1 addressed a vulnerability in Ghostscript. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.
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