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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-08
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          PACKAGE : ghostscript
          SUMMARY : insecure temporary file
             DATE : 2003-06-14 19:29 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =ghostscript-7.05.6-r2
              CVE : CAN-2003-0354

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ps2epsi uses an insecurely created file to execute ghostscript. This
could result in overwritten files for the user who is invoking ps2epsi.

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-text/ghostscript upgrade to ghostscript-7.05.6-r2 as follows

emerge sync
emerge ghostscript
emerge clean

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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at   
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Gentoo: ghostscript Insecure temp file

ps2epsi uses an insecurely created file to execute ghostscript

Summary


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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-08
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ps2epsi uses an insecurely created file to execute ghostscript. This
could result in overwritten files for the user who is invoking ps2epsi.

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-text/ghostscript upgrade to ghostscript-7.05.6-r2 as follows

emerge sync
emerge ghostscript
emerge clean

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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at   
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Resolution

References

Availability

Concerns

Severity
PACKAGE : ghostscript
SUMMARY : insecure temporary file
DATE : 2003-06-14 19:29 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =ghostscript-7.05.6-r2
CVE : CAN-2003-0354

Synopsis

Background

Affected Packages

Impact

Workaround

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