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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