openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ghostscript
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2017:1203-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1018128 #1030263 #1032114 #1032120 #1036453 
                    
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-10220 CVE-2016-9601 CVE-2017-5951
                    CVE-2017-7207 CVE-2017-8291
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.2
                    openSUSE Leap 42.1
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   An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for ghostscript fixes the following security vulnerabilities:

   CVE-2017-8291: A remote command execution and a -dSAFER bypass via a
   crafted .eps document were exploited in the wild. (bsc#1036453)

   CVE-2016-9601: An integer overflow in the bundled jbig2dec library could
   have been misused to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1018128)

   CVE-2016-10220: A NULL pointer dereference in the PDF Transparency module
   allowed remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1032120)

   CVE-2017-5951: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to
   cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1032114)

   CVE-2017-7207: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to
   cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1030263)

   This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-558=1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-558=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

      ghostscript-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-devel-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-mini-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-mini-debuginfo-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-mini-debugsource-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-mini-devel-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-x11-9.15-11.3.1
      ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-11.3.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

      ghostscript-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-devel-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-mini-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-mini-debuginfo-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-mini-debugsource-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-mini-devel-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-x11-9.15-17.1
      ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-17.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10220.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9601.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5951.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7207.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8291.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1018128
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030263
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032114
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032120
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036453

openSUSE: 2017:1203-1: important: ghostscript

May 8, 2017
An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for ghostscript fixes the following security vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-8291: A remote command execution and a -dSAFER bypass via a crafted .eps document were exploited in the wild. (bsc#1036453) CVE-2016-9601: An integer overflow in the bundled jbig2dec library could have been misused to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1018128) CVE-2016-10220: A NULL pointer dereference in the PDF Transparency module allowed remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1032120) CVE-2017-5951: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1032114) CVE-2017-7207: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1030263) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-558=1 - openSUSE Leap 42.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-558=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64): ghostscript-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-devel-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-mini-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-mini-debuginfo-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-mini-debugsource-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-mini-devel-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-x11-9.15-11.3.1 ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-11.3.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64): ghostscript-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-devel-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-mini-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-mini-debuginfo-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-mini-debugsource-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-mini-devel-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-x11-9.15-17.1 ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-17.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10220.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9601.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5951.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7207.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8291.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1018128 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030263 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032114 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032120 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036453


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1203-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 openSUSE Leap 42.1 .

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