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CVE-2008-6679 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (ghostscript, gs-afpl, gs-esp, gs-gpl), 28 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 16, needs-triage 4, released 4, ignored 2, not-affected 2.
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.