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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-599-1 April 09, 2008 ghostscript, gs-esp, gs-gpl vulnerability CVE-2008-0411 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: 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 7.04: gs-esp 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1.1 gs-gpl 8.54.dfsg.1-5ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 7.10: libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.4 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: 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)