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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-37 (ghostscript-gpl ghostscript-esp ghostscript-gnu)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200903-37.

Insight

Insight

Multiple integer overflows in the Ghostscript ICC library might allow for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-8.64-r2' All GNU Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/ghostscript-gnu-8.62.0' We recommend that users unmerge ESP Ghostscript and use GPL or GNU Ghostscript instead: # emerge --unmerge 'app-text/ghostscript-esp' For installation instructions, see above. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200903-37 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261087

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