Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-599-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Chris Evans discovered that Ghostscript contained a buffer overflow in its color space handling code. 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. (CVE-2008-0411)
Affected
ghostscript, gs-esp, gs-gpl vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10 ,
Ubuntu 7.04 ,
Ubuntu 7.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-0411 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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