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Mandriva Update for ghostscript MDVSA-2008:055 (ghostscript)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Mandrake Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
Check for the Version of ghostscript
Insight
Insight
Chris Evans found a buffer overflow condition in Ghostscript, which can lead to arbitrary code execution as the user running any application using it to process a maliciously crafted Postscript file. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
ghostscript on Mandriva Linux 2007.0, Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64, Mandriva Linux 2007.1, Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64, Mandriva Linux 2008.0, Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.