=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1581-1
September 24, 2012
ghostscript vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Summary:
Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- ghostscript: The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter
Details:
Marc Schönefeld discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle
certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libgs8 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.5
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.5
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1581-1
CVE-2012-4405
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.5