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MDKA-2006:018: ghostscript

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the ghostscript package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKA-2006:018 (ghostscript).

A number of bugs have been corrected with this latest ghostscript
package including a fix when rendering imaged when converting
PostScript to PDF with ps2pdf, a crash when generating PDF files with
the pdfwrite device, several segfaults, a fix for vertical japanese
text, and a number of other fixes.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKA-2006:018
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Tenable Network Security

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