Ubuntu Security Notice USN-743-1
23rd March, 2009
ghostscript, gs-gpl vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- 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 version:
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- libgs8 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.3
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.5
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- gs-gpl 8.15-4ubuntu3.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.