GLSA 201708-06: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/21/2017
Bugs:	#616814, #617016, #617018, #617020, #617022, #618818
ID:	201708-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the worst of which can resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-text/ghostscript-gpl	< 9.21	>= 9.21	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for additional information.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PostScript file or PDF document using GPL Ghostscript possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.21"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201708-06.xml

Concerns?

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