Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-18 (Ghostscript)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200410-18.
Solution
Ghostscript users on all architectures except PPC should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r7' # emerge '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r7' Ghostscript users on the PPC architecture should upgrade to the latest stable version on their architecture: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.05.6-r2' # emerge '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.05.6-r2' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200410-18 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66357
Insight
Multiple scripts in the Ghostscript package are vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files with the rights of the user running the script.