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Red Hat: RHSA-2009-0345 Moderate Ghostscript Buffer Overflow Advisory

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Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: ghostscript security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2009:0345-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0345.html
Issue date:        2009-03-19
CVE Names:         CVE-2009-0583 CVE-2009-0584 
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1. Summary:

Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Description:

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript(TM)
interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which
implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and
an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. 

Multiple integer overflow flaws which could lead to heap-based buffer
overflows, as well as multiple insufficient input validation flaws, were
found in Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format library
(icclib). Using specially-crafted ICC profiles, an attacker could create a
malicious PostScript or PDF file with embedded images which could cause
Ghostscript to crash, or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened
by the victim. (CVE-2009-0583, CVE-2009-0584)

All users of ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network.  Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

487742 - CVE-2009-0583 ghostscript: Multiple integer overflows in the International Color Consortium Format Library
487744 - CVE-2009-0584 ghostscript: Multiple insufficient upper-bounds checks on certain sizes in the International Color Consortium Format Library

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.i386.rpm

ia64:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.ia64.rpm

ppc:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.ppc.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.ppc.rpm

s390:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.s390.rpm

s390x:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.s390x.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Desktop version 3:

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.i386.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.i386.rpm

ia64:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.i386.rpm

ia64:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm
hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm

ia64:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm

ppc:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ppc.rpm

s390:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390.rpm

s390x:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm

ia64:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm

ia64:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.2.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm

ia64:
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ia64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ia64.rpm

ppc:
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.ppc.rpm

s390x:
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.s390.rpm
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.s390.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.15.2-9.4.el5_3.4.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0583
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0584
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat: RHSA-2009-0345 Moderate Ghostscript Buffer Overflow Advisory

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Keep informed about Red Hat's notice regarding moderate vulnerabilities found in ghostscript impacting several distributions.
Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript(TM) interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Multiple integer overflow flaws which could lead to heap-based buffer overflows, as well as multiple insufficient input validation flaws, were found in Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format library (icclib). Using specially-crafted ICC profiles, an attacker could create a malicious PostScript or PDF file with embedded images which could cause Ghostscript to crash, or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened by the victim. (CVE-2009-0583, CVE-2009-0584)
All users of ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0583 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0584 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.i386.rpm
ia64: ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.ia64.rpm hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.ia64.rpm
ppc: ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.ppc.rpm ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.ppc.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.ppc.rpm hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.ppc.rpm
s390: ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.s390.rpm
s390x: ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.s390x.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.s390x.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.s390x.rpm hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm hpijs-1.3-32.1.17.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0345-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2009-03-19

Topic

Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

487742 - CVE-2009-0583 ghostscript: Multiple integer overflows in the International Color Consortium Format Library

487744 - CVE-2009-0584 ghostscript: Multiple insufficient upper-bounds checks on certain sizes in the International Color Consortium Format Library

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