bugtraq - Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup

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Message-Id: <201005301049.o4UAnftt018909@bari.maths.usyd.edu.au>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 20:49:41 +1000
From: paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup

Someone pointed out that even with -P-, gs will read gs_init.ps from
current directory:
  http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350
Still, they do not regard this with any urgency.

I also see no -P- and no absolute paths for the ps files mentioned in
many "gs scripts" e.g. /usr/bin/pdf2dsc or /usr/bin/ps2ascii . Also,
crappy coding for "GS_EXECUTABLE=gs". Am not sure if these are
"originally gs" or "Debian special".

Cheers, Paul

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