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Ubuntu 17.04: 3272-1 Moderate Ghostscript Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3272-1
April 28, 2017

ghostscript vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.

Software Description:
- ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to
the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to
craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,
thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial
of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)

Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the
color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)

Kamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan
conversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)

Kamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in
Ghostscript. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of service
(application crash). (CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04:
  ghostscript                     9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
  ghostscript-x                   9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
  libgs9                          9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
  libgs9-common                   9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2

Ubuntu 16.10:
  ghostscript                     9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
  ghostscript-x                   9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
  libgs9                          9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
  libgs9-common                   9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  ghostscript                     9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
  ghostscript-x                   9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
  libgs9                          9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
  libgs9-common                   9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  ghostscript                     9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
  ghostscript-x                   9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
  libgs9                          9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
  libgs9-common                   9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  ghostscript                     9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5
  ghostscript-x                   9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5
  libgs9                          9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5
  libgs9-common                   9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3272-1
  CVE-2016-10217, CVE-2016-10219, CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951,
  CVE-2017-7207, CVE-2017-8291

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5

Ubuntu 17.04: 3272-1 Moderate Ghostscript Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities discovered in Ghostscript impacting various Ubuntu versions, posing potential denial of service threats.
Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: ghostscript 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2 ghostscript-x 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2 libgs9 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2 libgs9-common 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2 Ubuntu 16.10: ghostscript 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4 ghostscript-x 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4 libgs9 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4 libgs9-common 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ghostscript 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4 ghostscript-x 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4 libgs9 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4 libgs9-common 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ghostscript 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7 ghostscript-x 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7 libgs9 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7 libgs9-common 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: ghostscript 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5 ghostscript-x 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5 libgs9 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5 libgs9-common 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3272-1

CVE-2016-10217, CVE-2016-10219, CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951,

CVE-2017-7207, CVE-2017-8291

April 28, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5

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