Source: ghostscript Version: 9.06~dfsg-2 Severity: important Tags: upstream patch security fixed-upstream Forwarded: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698056
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for ghostscript. CVE-2017-9727[0]: | The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript | GhostXPS 9.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service | (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have | unspecified other impact via a crafted document. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9727 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9727 [1] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698056 [2] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=937ccd17ac Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore