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Red Hat update for Ghostscript
Secunia Advisory: SA8910
Release Date: 2003-06-02
Popularity: 7,442 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Red Hat Linux 7.1
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Red Hat Linux 9

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Description:
Red Hat has issued updated packages for ghostscript. These fix a vulnerability, which potentially could allow malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused by an error, which allows a malicious postscript file to execute arbitrary code on the system even with the option "-dSAFER" enabled. This could be exploited by a malicious person if a user was lured into opening a malicious postscript file.

NOTE: The vulnerability is not exploitable, if the option "-dPARANOIDSAFER" has been set. This is the default setting in Red Hat Linux.

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