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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702595
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2595-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-2595-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-2595-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Marc Schoenefeld discovered that an integer overflow in the ICC parsing code of Ghostscript can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 8.71~
dfsg2-9+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 9.05~
dfsg-6.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 9.05~
dfsg-6.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'ghostscript' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4405
1027517
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027517
50719
http://secunia.com/advisories/50719
55494
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55494
GLSA-201412-17
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
MDVSA-2012:151
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:151
MDVSA-2013:089
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:089
MDVSA-2013:090
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:090
RHSA-2012:1256
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1256.html
SUSE-SU-2012:1222
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00031.html
USN-1581-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1581-1
[oss-security] 20120911 CVE-2012-4405 ghostscript, argyllcms: Array index error leading to heap-based bufer OOB write
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/11/2
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0301
icclib-pdf-bo(78411)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78411
openSUSE-SU-2012:1289
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00001.html
openSUSE-SU-2012:1290
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00015.html
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