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USN-1911-2: Ghostscript vulnerability

31 July 2013

Ghostscript could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Details

USN-1911-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Little CMS. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ghostscript.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory
allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS
to crash.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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