Security Advisory ghostscript security update

Advisory: RHSA-2003:182-04
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Important
Issued on: 2003-06-17
Last updated on: 2003-06-17
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2003-0354

Details

A ghostscript package fixing a command execution vulnerability is now
available.

GNU Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language, and is often
used when printing to printers that do not have their own built-in
PostScript interpreter.

A flaw has been discovered in the way Ghostscript validates some PostScript
commands. This flaw allows an attacker to force commands to be executed by
a print spooler by submitting a malicious print job. Note that using the
-dSAFER option is not sufficient to prevent command execution.

Users of Ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which are not vulnerable to this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.src.rpm     d8b42f6af2bdb9edee0b50459c05ad96
 
IA-32:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.i386.rpm     05589f336b1f45d83d167de9d3d173ca
 
IA-64:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.ia64.rpm     05f55eb8b6252e2c672b83778831e7c2
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.src.rpm     d8b42f6af2bdb9edee0b50459c05ad96
 
IA-32:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.i386.rpm     05589f336b1f45d83d167de9d3d173ca
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.src.rpm     d8b42f6af2bdb9edee0b50459c05ad96
 
IA-32:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.i386.rpm     05589f336b1f45d83d167de9d3d173ca
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.src.rpm     d8b42f6af2bdb9edee0b50459c05ad96
 
IA-64:
ghostscript-6.51-16.3.ia64.rpm     05f55eb8b6252e2c672b83778831e7c2
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

91143 - CAN-2003-0354 ghostscript -dSAFER execution vulnerability


References



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