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gv contains buffer overflow in sscanf() function

Vulnerability Note VU#600777

Original Release Date: 2002-10-17 | Last Revised: 2002-10-17

Overview

A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in gv.

Description

A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in gv. gv allows a user to view and navigate PostScript and PDF documents by providing an interface to the ghostscript interpreter. This vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable host.

Impact

A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable host with the privileges of the victim.

Solution

Apply a patch.

Vendor Information

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Debian Affected

Updated:  October 17, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Gentoo Linux Affected

Updated:  October 17, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

- - --------------------------------------------------------------------
GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200210-003
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------

PACKAGE : ggv
SUMMARY?: buffer overflow
EXPLOIT : local
DATE ?? : 2002-10-17 08:30 UTC

- - --------------------------------------------------------------------

ggv shares the same buffer overflow problem that gv did.

Read the full advisory at
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/09.26.02.txt

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-text/ggv-1.99.90 and earlier update their systems
as follows:

emerge rsync
emerge ggv
emerge clean

- - --------------------------------------------------------------------
aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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KDE Desktop Environment Project Affected

Updated:  October 17, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Red Hat Inc. Affected

Updated:  October 17, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-207.html

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.


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References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Endler for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Ian A Finlay.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2002-0838
Severity Metric: 16.50
Date Public: 2002-09-26
Date First Published: 2002-10-17
Date Last Updated: 2002-10-17 20:02 UTC
Document Revision: 14

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