SUSE: 2017:1153-2 Critical: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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May 3, 2017
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for ghostscript fixes the following security vulnerability: CVE-2017-8291: A remote command execution and a -dSAFER bypass via a crafted .eps document were exploited in the wild. (bsc#1036453) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sdksp4-ghostscript-library-13086=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-ghostscript-library-13086=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-ghostscript-library-13086=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
References
#1036453
Cross- CVE-2017-8291
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8291.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036453
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1153-1
Rating: important
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