[RHSA-2017:2180-01] Low: ghostscript security and bug fix update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: ghostscript security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:2180-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2180
Issue date: 2017-08-01
CVE Names: CVE-2017-7207
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1. Summary:
An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
3. Description:
The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF
documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats
so that the code can be displayed or printed.
Security Fix(es):
* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in ghostscript's
mem_get_bits_rectangle function. A specially crafted postscript document
could cause a crash in the context of the gs process. (CVE-2017-7207)
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1411725 - Ghostscript regression, .eps files no longer work
1424752 - ghostscript bug creates high CPU load and hangs
1434353 - CVE-2017-7207 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in mem_get_bits_rectangle()
1436273 - ghostscript update cause symbol lookup error
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-cups-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
ghostscript-doc-9.07-28.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-cups-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
ghostscript-doc-9.07-28.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.src.rpm
aarch64:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-cups-9.07-28.el7.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-cups-9.07-28.el7.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-cups-9.07-28.el7.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.s390.rpm
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-cups-9.07-28.el7.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-cups-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
aarch64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-9.07-28.el7.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
ghostscript-doc-9.07-28.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-9.07-28.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-9.07-28.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.s390.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-9.07-28.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-cups-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
ghostscript-doc-9.07-28.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-9.07-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7207
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/index.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
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