From: | Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> |
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To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201708-06 ] GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | Mon, 21 Aug 2017 01:16:48 |
Message-Id: | acd76603-60fd-4e9e-de15-99e7dd47f786@gentoo.org |
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2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201708-06 |
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7 | Severity: Normal |
8 | Title: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities |
9 | Date: August 21, 2017 |
10 | Bugs: #616814, #617016, #617018, #617020, #617022, #618818 |
11 | ID: 201708-06 |
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15 | Synopsis |
16 | ======== |
17 | |
18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the worst |
19 | of which can resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. |
20 | |
21 | Background |
22 | ========== |
23 | |
24 | Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF. |
25 | |
26 | Affected packages |
27 | ================= |
28 | |
29 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
30 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
31 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
32 | 1 app-text/ghostscript-gpl |
33 | < 9.21 >= 9.21 |
34 | |
35 | Description |
36 | =========== |
37 | |
38 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. |
39 | Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for additional |
40 | information. |
41 | |
42 | Impact |
43 | ====== |
44 | |
45 | A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially |
46 | crafted PostScript file or PDF document using GPL Ghostscript possibly |
47 | resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the |
48 | process or a Denial of Service condition. |
49 | |
50 | Workaround |
51 | ========== |
52 | |
53 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
54 | |
55 | Resolution |
56 | ========== |
57 | |
58 | All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version: |
59 | |
60 | # emerge --sync |
61 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.21" |
62 | |
63 | References |
64 | ========== |
65 | |
66 | [ 1 ] CVE-2016-10219 |
67 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10219 |
68 | [ 2 ] CVE-2016-10220 |
69 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10220 |
70 | [ 3 ] CVE-2017-5951 |
71 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5951 |
72 | [ 4 ] CVE-2017-6196 |
73 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6196 |
74 | [ 5 ] CVE-2017-7207 |
75 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7207 |
76 | [ 6 ] CVE-2017-8291 |
77 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8291 |
78 | |
79 | Availability |
80 | ============ |
81 | |
82 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
83 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
84 | |
85 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 |
86 | |
87 | Concerns? |
88 | ========= |
89 | |
90 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
91 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
92 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
93 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
94 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
95 | |
96 | License |
97 | ======= |
98 | |
99 | Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
100 | belongs to its owner(s). |
101 | |
102 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
103 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
104 | |
105 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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