USN-743-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• ghostscript -
• gs-gpl -

Details

It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple integer overflows in
its ICC color management library. 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-2009-0583)

It was discovered that Ghostscript did not properly perform bounds checking
in its ICC color management library. 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-2009-0584)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.10

• libgs8 - 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.3

Ubuntu 8.04

• libgs8 - 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 7.10

• libgs8 - 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.5

Ubuntu 6.06

• gs-gpl - 8.15-4ubuntu3.2

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

References

• CVE-2009-0584
• CVE-2009-0583

Related notices

• USN-757-1: libgs8, gs-gpl, gs-esp, ghostscript