Gentoo: 200306-08 Urgent Local Exploit Vulnerability in Ghostscript
gentoo
June 14, 2003
ps2epsi uses an insecurely created file to execute ghostscript
Summary
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ps2epsi uses an insecurely created file to execute ghostscript. This could result in overwritten files for the user who is invoking ps2epsi.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-text/ghostscript upgrade to ghostscript-7.05.6-r2 as follows
emerge sync emerge ghostscript emerge clean
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PACKAGE : ghostscript
SUMMARY : insecure temporary file
DATE : 2003-06-14 19:29 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =ghostscript-7.05.6-r2
CVE : CAN-2003-0354
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