[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2648-1: important: Security update for ghostscript

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ghostscript

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2648-1

Rating: important

References: #1001951 #1004237

Cross-References: CVE-2013-5653 CVE-2016-7978 CVE-2016-7979

CVE-2016-8602

Affected Products:

openSUSE 13.2

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An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

 

- CVE-2016-8602: Fixes a NULL dereference in .sethalftone5 (boo#1004237).

- CVE-2013-5653, CVE-2016-7978, CVE-2016-7979: Fix multiple -dsafer

related CVE's (boo#1001951).

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 13.2:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1237=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

 

ghostscript-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-devel-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-mini-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-mini-debuginfo-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-mini-debugsource-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-mini-devel-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-x11-9.15-6.1

ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-6.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5653.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7978.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7979.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8602.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001951

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004237

 

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