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Fedora 25 Ghostscript Security Advisory: CVE-2016-8602 & CVE-2016-7977

This is a security update for these CVEs: * [CVE-2016-8602](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940) - *check for sufficient params in .sethalftone5* * [CVE-2016-7977](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380415) - *.libfile does not honor -dSAFER* [This CVE is now correctly fixed, previous release was. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-62f2b66ed1 2016-11-19 18:59:18.549601 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : ghostscript Product : Fedora 25 Version : 9.20 Release : 4.fc25 URL : https://www.ghostscript.com/ Summary : A PostScript interpreter and renderer Description : Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript 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. Ghostscript translates PostScript code into many common, bitmapped formats, like those understood by your printer or screen. Ghostscript is normally used to display PostScript files and to print PostScript files to non-PostScript printers. If you need to display PostScript files or print them to non-PostScript printers, you should install ghostscript. If you install ghostscript, you also need to install the ghostscript-fonts package. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This is a security update for these CVEs: * [CVE-2016-8602](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940) - *check for sufficient params in .sethalftone5* * [CVE-2016-7977](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380415) - *.libfile does not honor -dSAFER* [This CVE is now correctly fixed, previous release was accidentally missing thefix.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1383941 - CVE-2016-8602 ghostscript: check for sufficient params in .sethalftone5 [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383941 [ 2 ] Bug #1380416 - ghostscript: .libfile does not honor -dSAFER [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380416 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade ghostscript' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Fedora 25 announces crucial Ghostscript security patch, resolving severe vulnerabilities and defending against potential cyber threats.. Fedora Ghostscript Update, Ghostscript CVE Fixes, Security Advisories Fedora. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 19, 2016 Fedora