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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.208

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.208
Posted Nov 6, 2007
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A function in the JasPer JPEG-2000 library before 1.900 could allow a remote user-assisted attack to cause a crash and possibly corrupt the heap via malformed image files. Newer versions of ghostscript contain an embedded copy of libjasper and as such is vulnerable to this issue.

tags | advisory, remote
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2007-2721
SHA-256 | f0ea1e0d11da10e98ce692e6d6695ee62c67d00cec585f503476fc3e983a3693

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.208

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:208
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : ghostscript
Date : November 5, 2007
Affected: 2008.0
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Problem Description:

A function in the JasPer JPEG-2000 library before 1.900 could allow
a remote user-assisted attack to cause a crash and possibly corrupt
the heap via malformed image files.

Newer versions of ghostscript contain an embedded copy of libjasper
and as such is vulnerable to this issue.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2721
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
3dbda0c39e133eba967e921ef4d9d377 2008.0/i586/ghostscript-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
cf99340b6aab383c23539a9a7bcd96aa 2008.0/i586/ghostscript-X-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
2db95eef476a9747b59e48d5868dd2b7 2008.0/i586/ghostscript-common-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
e86be130d3eedaf11a7e3bede176f79a 2008.0/i586/ghostscript-doc-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
26a2ea8df4af62c4702c7453a66960a9 2008.0/i586/ghostscript-dvipdf-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
021f090cf6e8a343ea64d17e1e083528 2008.0/i586/ghostscript-module-X-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
505878a61839498d08ec04b8b69a799a 2008.0/i586/libgs8-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
8af491f61edfe65b3743301ec4adf6a7 2008.0/i586/libgs8-devel-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
3e6682d062deb5c25936be6a994a844d 2008.0/i586/libijs1-0.35-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
46085a399f94fe76940b00ed83323193 2008.0/i586/libijs1-devel-0.35-55.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
ac7dae0e827d0a78207e991d35c69402 2008.0/SRPMS/ghostscript-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
220b39bf086580cd0f54ebc59d02258f 2008.0/x86_64/ghostscript-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
caced9befa296d95097d054d6b96dde8 2008.0/x86_64/ghostscript-X-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
a3ccbf4bfd287ed7fb82daf1ead22b44 2008.0/x86_64/ghostscript-common-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
71ac6e6dcac8deb7c905397dd91aec82 2008.0/x86_64/ghostscript-doc-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
5882031bf11b1f60d188fcaacf3a19d7 2008.0/x86_64/ghostscript-dvipdf-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
e9727024440ac6d2688e04447a13be5f 2008.0/x86_64/ghostscript-module-X-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
df8716e40dc666b1d7e9c0680beb646f 2008.0/x86_64/lib64gs8-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
e5fccc487f95335d9a11737a93afa263 2008.0/x86_64/lib64gs8-devel-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
bbc1d9b1199626a2523ee8582de759e8 2008.0/x86_64/lib64ijs1-0.35-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
2a757a1e8852866a3e3ec2d16fcaac44 2008.0/x86_64/lib64ijs1-devel-0.35-55.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
ac7dae0e827d0a78207e991d35c69402 2008.0/SRPMS/ghostscript-8.60-55.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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