Bug#869917: ghostscript: CVE-2017-9611: heap-buffer-overflow in Ins_MIRP(base/ttinterp.c)
Source: ghostscript
Version: 9.06~dfsg-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch fixed-upstream
Forwarded: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698024
Hi,
the following vulnerability was published for ghostscript.
CVE-2017-9611[0]:
| The Ins_MIRP function in base/ttinterp.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-2017-9611
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9611
[1] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698024
[2] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=c7c559727
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
Regards,
Salvatore
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