Packages
- ghostscript - PostScript and PDF interpreter
Details
USN-3272-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This change introduced
a regression when the DELAYBIND feature is used with the eqproc
command. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to
the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to
craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,
thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial
of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the
color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan
conversion code in...
USN-3272-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This change introduced
a regression when the DELAYBIND feature is used with the eqproc
command. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to
the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to
craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,
thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial
of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the
color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan
conversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in
Ghostscript. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of service
(application crash). (CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207)
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.04 zesty | ghostscript – 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.4 | ||
| ghostscript-x – 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.4 | |||
| libgs9 – 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.4 | |||
| libgs9-common – 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.4 | |||
| 16.10 yakkety | ghostscript – 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.6 | ||
| ghostscript-x – 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.6 | |||
| libgs9 – 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.6 | |||
| libgs9-common – 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.6 | |||
| 16.04 xenial | ghostscript – 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6 | ||
| ghostscript-x – 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6 | |||
| libgs9 – 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6 | |||
| libgs9-common – 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6 | |||
| 14.04 trusty | ghostscript – 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9 | ||
| ghostscript-x – 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9 | |||
| libgs9 – 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9 | |||
| libgs9-common – 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9 | |||
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