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>> Debian Security Update Fixes Ghostscript Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Ghostscript Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0698
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0411
CWE ID : VUPEN VNS Only
CVSS V2 : VUPEN VNS Only
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-02-28


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A vulnerability has been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise an affected system. This issue is caused by an error in Ghostscript. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0693

Affected Products

Debian GNU/Linux sarge
Debian GNU/Linux etch
Debian GNU/Linux sid

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux sarge - Upgrade to gs-gpl version 8.01-6 and gs-esp version 7.07.1-9sarge1
Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to gs-gpl version 8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1 and gs-esp version 8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1
Debian GNU/Linux sid - A fix will be available soon

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0698
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00074.html

ChangeLog

2008-02-28 : Initial release

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