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Ubuntu update for ghostscript


Secunia ID

SA50719

CVE-ID

CVE-2012-4405

Release Date

25 Sep 2012

Criticality

Moderately Critical

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Where

From remote

Impact
System access

This covers vulnerabilities where malicious people are able to gain system access and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user.

Description

Ubuntu 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.

-- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS --
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.5

-- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS --
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.5

Original Advisory

USN-1581-1:
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1581-1/