Description
Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.
Affected products
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript6.0 – 6.0
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript6.01 – 6.01
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript6.50 – 6.50
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript7.00 – 7.00
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript7.03 – 7.03
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript7.04 – 7.04
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.00 – 8.00
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.11 – 8.11
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.12 – 8.12
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.13 – 8.13
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.14 – 8.14
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.50 – 8.50
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.51 – 8.51
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.52 – 8.52
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.53 – 8.53
- artifex / afpl_ghostscript8.54 – 8.54
- artifex / ghostscript_fonts6.0 – 6.0
- artifex / ghostscript_fonts8.11 – 8.11
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.71
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.01 – 8.01
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.15 – 8.15
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.50 – 8.50
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.51 – 8.51
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.54 – 8.54
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.56 – 8.56
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.57 – 8.57
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.60 – 8.60
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.61 – 8.61
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.62 – 8.62
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.63 – 8.63
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.64 – 8.64
- artifex / gpl_ghostscript8.70 – 8.70
References
- MISChttp://www.osvdb.org/66247
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40532
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476
- MISChttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564
- MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
- MISChttp://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
- MISChttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40452
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- MISChttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40475
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472
- MISChttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339