COMMAND

	Ghostscript command execution vulnerability

SYSTEMS AFFECTED

	versions prior to 6.53

PROBLEM

	In Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2002:083-22:
	

	Ghostscript is a program for displaying  PostScript  files  or  printing
	them to non-PostScript printers.
	

	An untrusted PostScript file can cause ghostscript to execute  arbitrary
	commands due to insufficient checking. Since ghostscript is  often  used
	during the course of printing a document (and is run  as  user  \'lp\'),
	all users should install these fixed packages.
	

	

SOLUTION

	The problem is fixed in the 6.53 source release of GNU Ghostscript