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Bug#584064: texlive-base-bin: Security bugs in ghostscript



On Di, 01 Jun 2010, paul.szabo@sydney.edu.au wrote:
> The bug affects all users of ghostscript. They know that to be

That is right, but still it is a bug of ghostscript and should
be treated there, not anywhere else.

Furthermore, gs is not run with extended priviliges, so that
does not compromise the system unless the cups code is forwarding
that to gs.

Best wishes

Norbert
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Norbert Preining            preining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org}
JAIST, Japan                                 TeX Live & Debian Developer
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