<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201612-33"> <title>GPL Ghostscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis>An integer overflow in GPL Ghostscript may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">ghostscript-gpl</product> <announced>2016-12-13</announced> <revised count="2">2016-12-13</revised> <bug>556316</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-text/ghostscript-gpl" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">9.09</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">9.09</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF.</p> </background> <description> <p>An integer overflow flaw was discovered that leads to an out-of-bounds read and write in gs_ttf.ps. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.09" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3228">CVE-2015-3228</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-22T15:13:30Z">whissi</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-13T06:58:50Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>