Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12750
Revision Date:2014-06-30Version:19
Title:USN-961-1 -- ghostscript vulnerabilities
Description:David Srbecky discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled debug logging. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.04 and Ubuntu 9.10. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain malformed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript or PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and Ubuntu 9.04. Dan Rosenberg discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain recursive Postscript files. 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. Rodrigo Rubira Branco and Dan Rosenberg discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain malformed Postscript files. 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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.04 and 9.10
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2009-4270
CVE-2009-4897
CVE-2010-1628
CVE-2010-1869
USN-961-1
USN-961-1
Platform(s):Ubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu 9.10
Product(s):ghostscript
Definition Synopsis
  • Release section
  • Ubuntu 8.04 is installed
  • AND Architecture section
  • Architecture independet section
  • Installed architecture is all
  • AND Packages section
  • gs-gpl DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR gs-aladdin DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR gs DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR ghostscript-doc DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR gs-esp DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR gs-esp-x DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR gs-common DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR libgs-esp-dev DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR Architecture depended section
  • Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • OR Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • AND Packages section
  • libgs-dev DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR ghostscript-x DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR ghostscript DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR libgs8 DPKG is earlier than 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.3
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 10.04 is installed
  • AND Architecture section
  • Architecture independet section
  • Installed architecture is all
  • AND Packages section
  • gs-gpl DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR gs-aladdin DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR gs DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR ghostscript-doc DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR gs-esp DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR gs-esp-x DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR gs-common DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR libgs-esp-dev DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR Architecture depended section
  • Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • AND Packages section
  • libgs-dev DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR ghostscript-cups DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR ghostscript DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR ghostscript-x DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR libgs8 DPKG is earlier than 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.2
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 9.04 is installed
  • AND Architecture section
  • Architecture independet section
  • Installed architecture is all
  • AND Packages section
  • gs-gpl DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR gs-aladdin DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR gs DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR ghostscript-doc DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR gs-esp DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR gs-esp-x DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR gs-common DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR libgs-esp-dev DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR Architecture depended section
  • Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • OR Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • AND Packages section
  • libgs-dev DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR ghostscript-x DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR ghostscript DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR libgs8 DPKG is earlier than 8.64.dfsg.1-0ubuntu8.1
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 9.10 is installed
  • AND Architecture section
  • Architecture independet section
  • Installed architecture is all
  • AND Packages section
  • gs-gpl DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR gs-aladdin DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR gs DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR ghostscript-doc DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR gs-esp DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR gs-esp-x DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR gs-common DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR libgs-esp-dev DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR Architecture depended section
  • Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • OR Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • AND Packages section
  • libgs-dev DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR ghostscript-cups DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR ghostscript DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR ghostscript-x DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • OR libgs8 DPKG is earlier than 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3.1
  • BACK