Security update for ghostscript

SUSE Security Update: Security update for ghostscript
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1222-1
Rating: important
References: #779700
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes an array index error leading to a
    heap-based buffer overflow in ghostscript-library.
    CVE-2012-4405 has been assigned to this issue.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-4405
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    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-ghostscript-devel-6813
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ghostscript-devel-6813
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ghostscript-devel-6813
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-ghostscript-devel-6813

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • ghostscript-devel-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-ijs-devel-8.62-32.34.1
    • libgimpprint-devel-4.2.7-32.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • ghostscript-fonts-other-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-rus-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-std-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-library-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-omni-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-x11-8.62-32.34.1
    • libgimpprint-4.2.7-32.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • ghostscript-fonts-other-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-rus-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-std-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-library-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-omni-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-x11-8.62-32.34.1
    • libgimpprint-4.2.7-32.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • ghostscript-fonts-other-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-rus-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-std-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-library-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-omni-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-x11-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • libgimpprint-4.2.7-62.28.1
    • libgimpprint-devel-4.2.7-62.28.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • ghostscript-fonts-other-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-rus-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-std-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-library-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-omni-8.62-32.34.1
    • ghostscript-x11-8.62-32.34.1
    • libgimpprint-4.2.7-32.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • ghostscript-fonts-other-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-fonts-std-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-library-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-x11-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • libgimpprint-4.2.7-62.28.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • ghostscript-fonts-rus-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • ghostscript-omni-8.15.4-16.28.1
    • libgimpprint-devel-4.2.7-62.28.1

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4405.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/779700
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=16655a319f6c06a08b5e85f00894fcfd
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=1dee9fbca1f306bbda3c4a660608088a