Synopsis:          Important: ghostscript security update

Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:1230-1

Issue Date:        2017-05-12

CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-8291

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Security Fix(es):



* It was found that ghostscript did not properly validate the parameters

passed to the .rsdparams and .eqproc functions. During its execution, a

specially crafted PostScript document could execute code in the context of

the ghostscript process, bypassing the -dSAFER protection. (CVE-2017-8291)

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SL6

  x86_64

    ghostscript-8.70-23.el6_9.2.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-8.70-23.el6_9.2.x86_64.rpm

    ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-23.el6_9.2.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-23.el6_9.2.x86_64.rpm

    ghostscript-devel-8.70-23.el6_9.2.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-devel-8.70-23.el6_9.2.x86_64.rpm

    ghostscript-doc-8.70-23.el6_9.2.x86_64.rpm

    ghostscript-gtk-8.70-23.el6_9.2.x86_64.rpm

  i386

    ghostscript-8.70-23.el6_9.2.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-23.el6_9.2.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-devel-8.70-23.el6_9.2.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-doc-8.70-23.el6_9.2.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-gtk-8.70-23.el6_9.2.i686.rpm

SL7

  x86_64

    ghostscript-9.07-20.el7_3.5.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-9.07-20.el7_3.5.x86_64.rpm

    ghostscript-cups-9.07-20.el7_3.5.x86_64.rpm

    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-20.el7_3.5.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-20.el7_3.5.x86_64.rpm

    ghostscript-devel-9.07-20.el7_3.5.i686.rpm

    ghostscript-devel-9.07-20.el7_3.5.x86_64.rpm

    ghostscript-gtk-9.07-20.el7_3.5.x86_64.rpm

  noarch

    ghostscript-doc-9.07-20.el7_3.5.noarch.rpm



- Scientific Linux Development Team