Description
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10019 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34729 ↗
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34732 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35569 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35559 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493445 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 ↗
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/ ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34667 ↗