USN-1911-2: Ghostscript vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.04

Packages

• ghostscript - PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details

USN-1911-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Little CMS. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ghostscript.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory
allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS
to crash.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04

• libgs9 - 9.07~dfsg2-0ubuntu3.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-4160

Related notices

• USN-1911-1: liblcms2-2, lcms2