Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for ghostscript. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Debian update for ghostscript
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA51670
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-12-31
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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for ghostscript. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to
potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA50662
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the apt-get package manager.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-2595-1:
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2595
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