Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gs-gpl
announced via advisory USN-743-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
gs-gpl 8.15-4ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 7.10:
libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.5
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libgs8 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 8.10:
libgs8 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.3
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-743-1
Insight
It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple integer overflows in its ICC color management library. 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-2009-0583)
It was discovered that Ghostscript did not properly perform bounds checking in its ICC color management library. 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-2009-0584)
Severity
Classification
-
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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