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authorChris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com>2018-09-10 09:54:14 +0100
committerChris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com>2018-09-10 09:54:14 +0100
commit7146378240f90bf4171ae7a2a00cc9d46eaec86d (patch)
tree22d2f799b8b7289ca8b7dc71cde3a51f8df056e7
parent4cfee19351e36543927b78b97dbf2e600daa9bfe (diff)
downloadghostpdl-7146378240f90bf4171ae7a2a00cc9d46eaec86d.tar.gz
Add a note about unSAFERness of ps2epsi
-rw-r--r--doc/History9.htm10
-rw-r--r--doc/News.htm10
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/History9.htm b/doc/History9.htm
index 6384abfd8..fe8dd1d12 100644
--- a/doc/History9.htm
+++ b/doc/History9.htm
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ overview</a>.
<!-- [2.0 begin contents] ================================================== -->
<h2><a name="Version9.25"></a>Version 9.25 (2018-09-10)</h2>
-
<p> Highlights in this release include:
<ul>
<li>
@@ -140,6 +139,15 @@ overview</a>.
the security fixes to the SAFER file access restrictions (specifically accessing
ICC profile files), and some additional security issues over the recent 9.24 release.
</li>
+</ul>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p><u>Note:</u> The ps2epsi utility does not, and cannot call Ghostscript with
+the -dSAFER command line option. It should <i>never</i> be called with input from
+untrusted sources.
+</li>
+</ul>
+<ul>
<li>
<p>Security issues have been the primary focus of this release, including solving
several (well publicised) real and potential exploits.
diff --git a/doc/News.htm b/doc/News.htm
index e966d74c8..43a24af3a 100644
--- a/doc/News.htm
+++ b/doc/News.htm
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ overview</a>.
<!-- [2.0 begin contents] ================================================== -->
<h2><a name="Version9.25"></a>Version 9.25 (2018-09-10)</h2>
-
<p> Highlights in this release include:
<ul>
<li>
@@ -106,6 +105,15 @@ overview</a>.
the security fixes to the SAFER file access restrictions (specifically accessing
ICC profile files), and some additional security issues over the recent 9.24 release.
</li>
+</ul>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p><u>Note:</u> The ps2epsi utility does not, and cannot call Ghostscript with
+the -dSAFER command line option. It should <i>never</i> be called with input from
+untrusted sources.
+</li>
+</ul>
+<ul>
<li>
<p>Security issues have been the primary focus of this release, including solving
several (well publicised) real and potential exploits.