Ubuntu Security Notice USN-599-1
9th April, 2008
ghostscript, gs-esp, gs-gpl vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- ghostscript
- gs-esp
- gs-gpl
Details
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)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.4
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- gs-gpl 8.54.dfsg.1-5ubuntu0.2
- gs-esp 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- gs-gpl 8.50-1.1ubuntu1.2
- gs-esp 8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu4.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- gs-gpl 8.15-4ubuntu3.1
- gs-esp 8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu1.1
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.