GLSA Bodhisattva
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:03 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200408-10 ] gv: Exploitable Buffer Overflow |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: gv: Exploitable Buffer Overflow (GLSA 200408-10)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: August 12, 2004
Bug(s): #59385
ID: 200408-10
Synopsis
gv contains an exploitable buffer overflow that allows an attacker to
execute arbitrary code.
Background
gv is a PostScript and PDF viewer for X which provides a user interface for
the ghostscript interpreter.
Affected Packages
Package: app-text/gv
Vulnerable: <= 3.5.8-r3
Unaffected: >= 3.5.8-r4
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
gv contains a buffer overflow vulnerability where an unsafe sscanf() call
is used to interpret PDF and PostScript files.
Impact
By enticing a user to view a malformed PDF or PostScript file an attacker
could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running gv.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to the latest available version of gv.
Resolution
All gv users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code: | # emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=app-text/gv-3.5.8-r4"
# emerge ">=app-text/gv-3.5.8-r4" |
References
CAN-2002-0838
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