high
7.2
CWE
17
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2010-2055

First published: Wed May 26 2010(Updated: )

Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.01
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=7.00
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.54
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.54
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.15
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=7.04
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=7.03
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.13
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.50
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.56
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.62
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.52
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.57
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.14
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.51
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.00
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.61
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.53
Artifex Ghostscript Fonts=6.0
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=6.0
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript<=8.71
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.50
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.64
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=6.01
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.70
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.60
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.12
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.11
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript=8.63
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=8.51
Artifex Ghostscript Fonts=8.11
Artifex Afpl Ghostscript=6.50
redhat/ghostscript<0:8.70-6.el5_7.6
0:8.70-6.el5_7.6
redhat/ghostscript<0:8.70-11.el6_2.6
0:8.70-11.el6_2.6

Remedy

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564

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