openSUSE Security Update: ghostscript-library: security bugfix release ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:1290-1 Rating: low References: #779700 Cross-References: CVE-2012-4405 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.1 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
The following security issue was fixed in ghostscript:
Multiple integer underflows in the icmLut_allocate function in International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (icclib), as used in Ghostscript 9.06 and Argyll Color Management System, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue is also described as an array index error.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 12.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-669
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):
ghostscript-devel-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-ijs-devel-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-library-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-library-debuginfo-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-library-debugsource-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-mini-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-mini-debuginfo-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-mini-debugsource-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-x11-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.00-13.4.1 libgimpprint-4.2.7-13.4.1 libgimpprint-debuginfo-4.2.7-13.4.1 libgimpprint-devel-4.2.7-13.4.1
- openSUSE 12.1 (noarch):
ghostscript-fonts-other-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-fonts-rus-9.00-13.4.1 ghostscript-fonts-std-9.00-13.4.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4405.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/779700