[Secure-testing-team] Bug#858350: ghostscript: CVE-2017-7207

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: ghostscript
Version: 9.06~dfsg-2
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697676

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for ghostscript.

CVE-2017-7207[0]:
| The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in Artifex Software, Inc.
| Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
| (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PostScript 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-2017-7207
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7207

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore