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Bug 1625827 - CVE-2018-16542 ghostscript: .definemodifiedfont memory corruption if /typecheck is handled (699668) [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2018-16542 ghostscript: .definemodifiedfont memory corruption if /typeche...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: ghostscript
Version: 28
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Kaspar // Dee'Kej
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2018-16542
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-09-06 04:44 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2018-09-21 05:34 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ghostscript-9.22-5.fc27 ghostscript-9.24-1.fc28 ghostscript-9.24-3.fc29
Doc Type: Release Note
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-09-07 15:23:57 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


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Description Sam Fowler 2018-09-06 04:44:43 UTC
This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs

When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s).  This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.

Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.

NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. While only
one tracking bug has been filed, please correct all affected versions at
the same time.  If you need to fix the versions independent of each other,
you may clone this bug as appropriate.

Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-09-06 04:44:50 UTC
Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

=====

# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=1621363,1625827

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

======

Additionally, you may opt to use the bodhi web interface to submit updates:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/new

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2018-09-06 13:33:21 UTC
ghostscript-9.22-5.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-28447b6f2e

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2018-09-06 15:00:59 UTC
ghostscript-9.24-1.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ce5fba9e1a

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2018-09-07 09:40:10 UTC
ghostscript-9.24-1.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-56221eb24b

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2018-09-07 15:23:57 UTC
ghostscript-9.22-5.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2018-09-11 16:54:02 UTC
ghostscript-9.24-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2018-09-14 13:44:55 UTC
ghostscript-9.24-3.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-81ee973d7c

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2018-09-14 20:02:13 UTC
ghostscript-9.24-3.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-81ee973d7c

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2018-09-21 05:34:41 UTC
ghostscript-9.24-3.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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