Debian Security Advisory 1510-1 - Chris Evans discovered a buffer overflow in the color space handling code of the Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter, which might result in the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into processing a malformed file.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1510-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
February 27, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : gs-esp / gs-gpl
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0411
Chris Evans discovered a buffer overflow in the color space handling
code of the Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter, which might result
in the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into processing
a malformed file.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1 of gs-gpl and 8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1 of gs-esp.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.01-6 of gs-gpl and 7.07.1-9sarge1 of gs-esp.
The unstable distribution (sid) will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your gs-esp and gs-gpl packages.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 37500 ce05f327ba06e067f8df78cb60ad386a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 6795608 20dfdc45c3aeb9893b75d41087f828d9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5531748 b9fed961d538c0aeb841f7e46bc80857
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 830 5b84dd5a5171b74045c110eb3d21ecd2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 729 8c80ff522cee28a37afcb68f2221be6b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 56507 b02a4b36a97c61f5b81c4c0f2c9b8957
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs_8.01-6_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 12514 b1a11cd8a49dc3bb4afe3f2c29ff3f44
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2838228 f34adbdd25489e9a6354249546996143
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3189058 08aa096b5140c638ad6b200ee4f67cc7
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2546568 d28291f6de6728cffe4749bc3432b5be
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2868960 35d3f4801301323023e24ddac914d677
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2487974 22fc607e2e5fd4a573ba3cd276d81075
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2799614 dd67289f8031f2a775e1a2fa18cc2640
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2954310 b1d0568a54276c070abd7de5999301ed
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2637170 5fb35e63a13bceaa72108db451ca127a
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2466366 a4f4c9be11f8d84cc483863767b29e49
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2771496 62ce6bc97289ee62928463a47366a13d
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3558624 7271e410306339eae9ee627560c41763
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3124082 695f97ec95735230dc6bac436c95b100
m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2298494 d0014a75fffca1e20419e11872c517b9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2588462 35f324267363f332d7f518d7f9415e8a
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2959398 99599bcdc1ffe9b15abd2b4b5bb22216
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2705408 a87e735224d614a1a822a624bf427942
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2920024 4122f5f6bcc7f9b3b215c329d0e3a53e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2670268 53405c71a5857e128271a2cd02ae6252
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2856994 aad2af8daa3490fd8128a10035e8fe09
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2543328 df7d4be42d759105421733d75b1ad236
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2531042 23f6f9c8f869495ab3b8fe61590369ce
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2848094 383bbb72d06e8d255cf41d3e6acf53ef
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.01-6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2432186 25eeaa829f881209f9086f2a12896cde
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_7.07.1-9sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2753256 97a4f8235f719f5e5644b33c388ed431
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 7384506 002a849bf645c9346ebbcc26a1972e3f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 218204 69b74a05c360f4ba85eea35ffb2c6c1c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 63267 db2d2917171be033d0e3196ebd93394d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11695732 05938e26bfa8769e28cf2bb38efd9673
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 852 3a9f6ff073ee09fb8313224cf219ff62
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 829 314ccac99a222bee0752ce13c26d6267
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 14288 594611915aaeb3dfbc6a468efd51f0e5
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3394724 9a42f25aed551f7ec8684f1723a2a474
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5876768 b37fed1d32a051655223333b6eda6530
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3139230 1cc7dfcbceffbe2a2326a2a8387b6d4b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5615964 86a0df555e923106f38a3697067a0609
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3026610 cba96a7f640919bbd6d5998111485289
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5508330 965b68910bfbae43c40979825ffef476
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3227870 29af72f9b33c9cbe5b9b1b4dde017562
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5724644 c12aa1ad95469fe1f7eb058822343e95
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5485092 c44ea2c20dc4472021f47296ab004f05
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3002876 f51ec0b3eb84362f54b3f6a1932fcc40
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4037068 42fa033ed49b7f13d68201abe02b892f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6548054 1ca0d9dec541aafacdd36bce46ebce29
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3218122 2019f48ea1829cd38a099f01d17ad2b5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5778866 996adb8158abbd3ddd6ded34fd463534
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5742732 2dd5262d3521df3ecbf1f1c95ff07005
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3181834 282986a71781a5ccc645d03ea14d4766
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5579416 24a6b1694d6aa66df676610cca380cf3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3103556 291e4c92e6f933523663aed2d7e0e71e
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5534914 49e7a2502e303d21bed0161841af4eec
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3083516 91f1ae5ac05b1e17e700f59c66d778f9
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-gpl/gs-gpl_8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5425410 fb7afa7cbfb9f9ba707aeddf5c00ff80
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gs-esp/gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2947418 d815d67dc78463de966b8c9825c4bcf1
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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