Source: ghostscript
Version: 9.21~dfsg-1
Severity: important
Tags: security patch upstream fixed-upstream
Forwarded: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697985

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for ghostscript.

CVE-2017-9835[0]:
| The gs_alloc_ref_array function in psi/ialloc.c in Artifex Ghostscript
| 9.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based
| buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified
| other impact via a crafted PostScript document. This is related to a
| lack of an integer overflow check in base/gsalloc.c.

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-2017-9835
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9835
[1] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697985
[2] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=cfde94be1

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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