SUSE-SU-2016:0884-1: Security update for ghostscript

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Thu Mar 24 09:08:41 MDT 2016


   SUSE Security Update: Security update for ghostscript
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:0884-1
Rating:             low
References:         #939342 #963017 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-3228
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   ghostscript was updated to fix one security issue and one bug.

   The following vulnerability was fixed:

   * CVE-2015-3228: Specially crafted ps files could have caused an out of
     bound read/write due to an integer overflow, causing a segfault in the
     application or having unspecified further impact.

   Also a non security bug was fixed:
   - fix a crash in mutex handling (bsc#963017)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-509=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-509=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-509=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-509=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-509=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-509=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-devel-9.15-6.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-devel-9.15-6.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      ghostscript-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-x11-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-6.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      ghostscript-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-x11-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-6.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      ghostscript-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-x11-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-6.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      ghostscript-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debuginfo-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-debugsource-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-x11-9.15-6.5
      ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.15-6.5


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3228.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/939342
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/963017



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