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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200903-37.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200903-37.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b90cecc2f600 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200903-37.xml @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200903-37"> + <title>Ghostscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple integer overflows in the Ghostscript ICC library might allow for + user-assisted execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">ghostscript-gpl ghostscript-esp ghostscript-gnu</product> + <announced>2009-03-23</announced> + <revised count="01">2009-03-23</revised> + <bug>261087</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/ghostscript-gpl" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">8.64-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">8.64-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="app-text/ghostscript-gnu" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">8.62.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">8.62.0</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="app-text/ghostscript-esp" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="le">8.15.4-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and the + Portable Document Format (PDF). + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Jan Lieskovsky from the Red Hat Security Response Team discovered the + following vulnerabilities in Ghostscript's ICC Library: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Multiple integer overflows (CVE-2009-0583).</li> + <li>Multiple + insufficient bounds checks on certain variable sizes + (CVE-2009-0584).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted + PostScript file containing images and a malicious ICC profile, possibly + resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the + user running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-8.64-r2"</code> + <p> + All GNU Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gnu-8.62.0"</code> + <p> + We recommend that users unmerge ESP Ghostscript and use GPL or GNU + Ghostscript instead: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --unmerge "app-text/ghostscript-esp"</code> + <p> + For installation instructions, see above. + </p> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0583">CVE-2009-0583</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0584">CVE-2009-0584</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-03-22T20:18:05Z"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-03-22T21:04:31Z"> + a3li + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-03-23T13:39:36Z"> + a3li + </metadata> +</glsa> |