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Gentoo: GLSA-202302-15 Moderate: Potential Vulnerability in ImageMagick

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Several security flaws identified in GPL Ghostscript might enable arbitrary code execution. It's advisable for Gentoo users to upgrade their software.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update gentoo ghostscript arbitrary code exploitation

Resolution

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.10-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0196 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0196 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-0792 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0792 [ 3 ] CVE-2009-3743 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3743 [ 4 ] CVE-2009-4270 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4270 [ 5 ] CVE-2009-4897 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4897 [ 6 ] CVE-2010-1628 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1628 [ 7 ] CVE-2010-2055 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2055 [ 8 ] CVE-2010-4054 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4054 [ 9 ] CVE-2012-4405 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4405

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-17
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #264594, #300192, #332061, #437654
ID: 201412-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update gentoo ghostscript arbitrary code exploitation

Synopsis

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

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/ghostscript-gpl < 9.10-r2 >= 9.10-r2

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PostScript file or PDF using GPL Ghostscript, possibly resulting in 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.