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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.67677
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2010:135 (ghostscript)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to ghostscript
announced via advisory MDVSA-2010:135.

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in ghostscript:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc.c
in ghostscript 8.64 through 8.70 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a
crafted PDF file, as originally reported for debug logging code in
gdevcups.c in the CUPS output driver (CVE-2009-4270).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: Corporate 4.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2010:135

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
9.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4270
37410
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37410
37851
http://secunia.com/advisories/37851
40580
http://secunia.com/advisories/40580
61140
http://osvdb.org/61140
ADV-2009-3597
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3597
GLSA-201412-17
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
MDVSA-2010:134
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134
MDVSA-2010:135
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:135
SUSE-SR:2010:014
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
USN-961-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-961-1
[oss-security] 20091217 possible vulnerability in ghostscript >= 8.64
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/18/1
[oss-security] 20091218 Re: possible vulnerability in ghostscript >= 8.64
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/18/2
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690829
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540760
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