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Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup

From:	paul szabo sydney edu au
To:	giecrilj stegny 2a pl
Cc:	bugtraq securityfocus com, ne01026 stegny 2a pl
Subject:	Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup
Date:	Wed - May 26, 2010 04:15 AM

Dear Krzysztof,

>> ... it is dangerous to do
>>   cd /tmp; gs any.ps
>
> What is in the file "any.ps"?
> You are exposed ... without feeding *anything* to Ghostscript ...

Yes, precisely: that is why I called it any.ps.

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz@maths.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

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