Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2483-2
26th January, 2015
ghostscript vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- ghostscript
– PostScript and PDF interpreter
Details
USN-2483-1 fixed vulnerabilities in JasPer. This update provides the
corresponding fix for the JasPer library embedded in the Ghostscript
package.
Original advisory details:
Jose Duart discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled ICC color profiles in
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8137)
Jose Duart discovered that JasPer incorrectly decoded certain malformed
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8138)
It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8157)
It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled memory when processing
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8158)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
-
libgs8
8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.7
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.