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[USN-599-1] Ghostscript vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-599-1             April 09, 2008
ghostscript, gs-esp, gs-gpl vulnerability
CVE-2008-0411
Kwetsbare Ubuntu versies:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Kwetsbare pakketten:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
gs-esp 8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu1.1
gs-gpl 8.15-4ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 6.10
gs-esp 8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu4.1
gs-gpl 8.50-1.1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 7.10
libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.4
Ubuntu 7.04
gs-esp 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1.1
gs-gpl 8.54.dfsg.1-5ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Chris Evans discovered that Ghostscript contained a buffer overflow in its color space handling code. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-0411)