1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1911-2

USN-1911-2: Ghostscript vulnerability

Publication date

31 July 2013

Overview

Ghostscript could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

Details

USN-1911-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Little CMS. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ghostscript.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory
allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS
to crash.

USN-1911-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Little CMS. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ghostscript.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory
allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS
to crash.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.04 raring libgs9 –  9.07~dfsg2-0ubuntu3.1

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