| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to libgs8
announced via advisory USN-1317-1.
Details:
It was discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle memory
allocation when parsing certain malformed JPEG-2000 images. If a user or
automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an
attacker could cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary
code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-3520)
It was discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle certain
formatting operations when parsing JPEG-2000 images. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker
could cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code with
user privileges. (CVE-2008-3522)
It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain malformed
TrueType fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
document containing a specially crafted font, an attacker could cause a
denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-3743)
It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain malformed
Type 2 fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
document containing a specially crafted font, an attacker could cause a
denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-4054)
Jonathan Foote discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain
malformed JPEG-2000 image files. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted JPEG-2000 image file, an attacker could
cause Ghostscript to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2011-4516, CVE-2011-4517)
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 10.10:
libgs8 8.71.dfsg.2-0ubuntu7.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libgs8 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.4
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.4
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1317-1
CVSS Score:
10.0
CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C
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