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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201612-33">
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<title>GPL Ghostscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>An integer overflow in GPL Ghostscript may allow remote attackers
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to execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">ghostscript-gpl</product>
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<announced>December 13, 2016</announced>
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<revised>December 13, 2016: 2</revised>
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<bug>556316</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/ghostscript-gpl" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">9.09</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">9.09</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>An integer overflow flaw was discovered that leads to an out-of-bounds
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read and write in gs_ttf.ps.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
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possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges
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of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.09"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3228">CVE-2015-3228</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:13:30 +0000">whissi</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 13 Dec 2016 06:58:50 +0000">whissi</metadata>
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</glsa>
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