Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60828
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-599-1 (gs-gpl)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to gs-gpl announced via advisory USN-599-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Chris Evans discovered that Ghostscript contained a buffer overflow in its color space handling code. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-0411) Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: gs-esp 8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu1.1 gs-gpl 8.15-4ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 6.10: gs-esp 8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu4.1 gs-gpl 8.50-1.1ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 7.04: gs-esp 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1.1 gs-gpl 8.54.dfsg.1-5ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 7.10: libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1~ svn8187-0ubuntu3.4 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-599-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 6.8
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0411 BugTraq ID: 28017 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28017 Bugtraq: 20080228 Ghostscript buffer overflow (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488946/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20080228 rPSA-2008-0082-1 espgs (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488932/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1510 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1510 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00085.html http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-14.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:055 http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-001.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9557 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0155.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019511 http://secunia.com/advisories/29101 http://secunia.com/advisories/29103 http://secunia.com/advisories/29112 http://secunia.com/advisories/29135 http://secunia.com/advisories/29147 http://secunia.com/advisories/29154 http://secunia.com/advisories/29169 http://secunia.com/advisories/29196 http://secunia.com/advisories/29314 http://secunia.com/advisories/29768 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.370633 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2008:010 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00009.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-599-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0693/references
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