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Slackware 12.0: 2008-062-01 Moderate: Espgs Buffer Overflow Issue

New espgs or ghostscript packages are available for 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a buffer overflow. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] espgs/ghostscript (SSA:2008-062-01) New espgs or ghostscript packages are available for 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a buffer overflow. Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/espgs-8.15.4-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz: This patched version of ESP Ghostscript fixes a buffer overflow. For more information on the security issue, please see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0411 Thanks to Chris Evans and Will Drewry of Google Security for their work on discovering and demonstrating the overflow. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/espgs-8.15.3svn185-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/espgs-8.15.4-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: 3d0f77a4654adeb4ea078ffa421208f2 espgs-8.15.3svn185-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 746589f38bb17ef543270c176e28759b espgs-8.15.4-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz Slackware -current package: 36e98f8d699540a8ad93394269235afe ghostscript-8.62-i486-1.tgz Installationinstructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg espgs-8.15.4-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz +-----+ . Recent upgrades to espgs and ghostscript in Slackware address a critical buffer overflow vulnerability. Users are advised to update to improve system security.. espgs, Ghostscript, Security Fix, Buffer Overflow, Package Update. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 02, 2008 •Important Slackware