USN-3148-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

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8년 ago

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3148-1

1st December, 2016

ghostscript vulnerabilities

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

Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Ghostscript could be made to crash, run programs, or disclose sensitive
information if it processed a specially crafted file.

Software description

ghostscript
– PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the way that Ghostscript
processes certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7976, CVE-2016-7978,
CVE-2016-7979, CVE-2016-8602)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript related to information
disclosure. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could expose sensitive data. (CVE-2013-5653,
CVE-2016-7977)