Security update for Ghostscript

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(Last modified: 11FEB2008)

solutions Security update for Ghostscript SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (9c324f30fcb2a47560860b00be29ea05)

Applies to

Package: ghostscript-fonts-other
ghostscript-fonts-rus
ghostscript-fonts-std
ghostscript-library
ghostscript-omni
ghostscript-serv
ghostscript-x11
libgimpprint
libgimpprint-devel
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for x86
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IPF
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for X86-64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IPF
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM POWER
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
Novell Linux POS 9
Open Enterprise Server
Patch: patch-12074Zypp-Patch-Number: 4984
Release: 20080211
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

A stackbased buffer overflow was fixed in the ghostscript interpreter, which potentially could be used to execute code or at least crash ghostscript. (CVE-2008-0411)

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fhv ghostscript-fonts-other.rpm  ghostscript-fonts-rus.rpm  ghostscript-fonts-std.rpm  ghostscript-library.rpm  ghostscript-omni.rpm  ghostscript-serv.rpm  ghostscript-x11.rpm  libgimpprint.rpm  libgimpprint-devel.rpm

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