===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: ghostscript security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1256-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1256.html Issue date: 2012-09-11 CVE Names: CVE-2012-4405 =====================================================================
1. Summary:
Updated ghostscript packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
3. Description:
Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format library (icclib). An attacker could create a specially-crafted PostScript or PDF file with embedded images that would cause Ghostscript to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Ghostscript. (CVE-2012-4405)
Red Hat would like to thank Marc Schönefeld for reporting this issue.
Users of Ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
854227 - CVE-2012-4405 ghostscript, argyllcms: Array index error leading to heap-based bufer OOB write
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
ia64: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
s390x: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.s390.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.s390.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
ppc64: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
ppc64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-4405.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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