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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201708-06">
+ <title>GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GPL Ghostscript, the
+ worst of which can resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">ghostscriptgpl</product>
+ <announced>2017-08-21</announced>
+ <revised>2017-08-21: 1</revised>
+ <bug>616814</bug>
+ <bug>617016</bug>
+ <bug>617018</bug>
+ <bug>617020</bug>
+ <bug>617022</bug>
+ <bug>618818</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-text/ghostscript-gpl" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">9.21</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">9.21</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please
+ review the CVE identifiers referenced below for additional information.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially
+ crafted PostScript file or PDF document using GPL Ghostscript possibly
+ resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
+ process or a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.21"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10219">
+ CVE-2016-10219
+ </uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10220">
+ CVE-2016-10220
+ </uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5951">CVE-2017-5951</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6196">CVE-2017-6196</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7207">CVE-2017-7207</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8291">CVE-2017-8291</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-07-17T22:58:42Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-08-21T01:03:33Z">b-man</metadata>
+</glsa>