NASLDB: USN-501-2 : Ghostscript vulnerability
General
ID: 28105
Name: USN-501-2 : Ghostscript vulnerability
Summary: Checks dpkg output for updated package(s)
Credits: –
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Base Vector: –
CVSS Temporal Vector: –
Port: 0
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Type: Local
Description
USN-501-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Jasper. This update provides the
corresponding update for the Jasper internal to Ghostscript.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Jasper did not correctly handle corrupted
JPEG2000 images. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted
JPG, a remote attacker could cause the application using libjasper to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –
Sources
CVE: CVE-2007-2721
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Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: 2007/05/01
Patch Release: 2007/10/22
Plugin Release: 2007/11/10
Plugin
Version: 1.8
Filename: ubuntu_USN-501-2.nasl
Filesize: 3200 bytes
MD5 Hash: 594e6ca0773b2eb76cbf4e7f0d304772
Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"
Copyright: –
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