-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: ghostscript security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0096-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html Issue date: 2012-02-02 CVE Names: CVE-2010-4054 CVE-2010-4820 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated ghostscript packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript included the current working directory in its library search path by default. If a user ran Ghostscript without the "-P-" option in an attacker-controlled directory containing a specially-crafted PostScript library file, it could cause Ghostscript to execute arbitrary PostScript code. With this update, Ghostscript no longer searches the current working directory for library files by default. (CVE-2010-4820) Note: The fix for CVE-2010-4820 could possibly break existing configurations. To use the previous, vulnerable behavior, run Ghostscript with the "-P" option (to always search the current working directory first). A flaw was found in the way Ghostscript interpreted PostScript Type 1 and PostScript Type 2 font files. An attacker could create a specially-crafted PostScript Type 1 or PostScript Type 2 font file that, when interpreted, could cause Ghostscript to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-4054) Users of Ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 646086 - CVE-2010-4054 ghostscript: glyph data access improper input validation 771853 - CVE-2010-4820 ghostscript: CWD included in the default library search path 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.src.rpm i386: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ia64: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ppc: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.ppc.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.ppc.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.ppc.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.ppc.rpm s390: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.s390.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.s390.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.s390.rpm s390x: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.s390.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.s390x.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.s390x.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.s390x.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.s390x.rpm x86_64: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.src.rpm i386: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.src.rpm i386: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ia64: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.src.rpm i386: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ia64: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-7.07-33.13.el4.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-4054.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-4820.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFPKxQ7XlSAg2UNWIIRAjNGAKCB0hy3ETmh4O6CkzSzUlUJu2ERhACdGXlu xskQrEPGEade4HdxafmR0vs= =zRPc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce