Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5864 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in GNU GV
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps.c for GNU gv 3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the (1) DocumentMedia, (2) DocumentPaperSizes, and possibly (3) PageMedia and (4) PaperSize headers. NOTE: this issue can be exploited through other products that use gv such as evince.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
description | Evince Document Viewer (DocumentMedia) Buffer Overflow Exploit. CVE-2006-5864. Remote exploit for linux platform |
file | exploits/linux/remote/2858.c |
id | EDB-ID:2858 |
last seen | 2016-01-31 |
modified | 2006-11-28 |
platform | linux |
port | |
published | 2006-11-28 |
reporter | K-sPecial |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/2858/ |
title | Evince Document Viewer DocumentMedia Buffer Overflow Exploit |
type | remote |
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1243.NASL description Renaud Lifchitz discovered that gv, the PostScript and PDF viewer for X, performs insufficient boundary checks in the Postscript parsing code, which allows the execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow. Evince embeds a copy of gv and needs an update as well. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 23948 published 2006-12-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23948 title Debian DSA-1243-1 : evince - buffer overflow code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1243. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(23948); script_version("1.16"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5864"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1243"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1243-1 : evince - buffer overflow"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Renaud Lifchitz discovered that gv, the PostScript and PDF viewer for X, performs insufficient boundary checks in the Postscript parsing code, which allows the execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow. Evince embeds a copy of gv and needs an update as well." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1243" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the evince package. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.5-2sarge1. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.0-3." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:evince"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/12/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/12/30"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/11/10"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"evince", reference:"0.1.5-2sarge1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200704-06.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-06 (Evince: Stack overflow in included gv code) Evince includes code from GNU gv that does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before copying it into process buffers. Impact : An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PostScript document with Evince and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Evince. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 25019 published 2007-04-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25019 title GLSA-200704-06 : Evince: Stack overflow in included gv code code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200704-06. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(25019); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:44"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5864"); script_bugtraq_id(20978); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200704-06"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200704-06 : Evince: Stack overflow in included gv code"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-06 (Evince: Stack overflow in included gv code) Evince includes code from GNU gv that does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before copying it into process buffers. Impact : An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PostScript document with Evince and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Evince. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-20" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-06" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Evince users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/evince-0.6.1-r3'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:evince"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/04/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/04/10"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"app-text/evince", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.6.1-r3"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.6.1-r3"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Evince"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2006-1437.NASL description The PostScript backend of evince had a buffer overflow (CVE-2006-5864). This update fixes the problem. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24069 published 2007-01-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24069 title Fedora Core 5 : evince-0.5.1-4 (2006-1437) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2006-1437. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(24069); script_version ("1.16"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:24"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2006-1437"); script_name(english:"Fedora Core 5 : evince-0.5.1-4 (2006-1437)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The PostScript backend of evince had a buffer overflow (CVE-2006-5864). This update fixes the problem. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2006-December/001086.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?93b5f2db" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected evince and / or evince-debuginfo packages." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:evince"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:evince-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/12/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/01/17"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 5.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"evince-0.5.1-4")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"evince-debuginfo-0.5.1-4")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "evince / evince-debuginfo"); }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200703-24.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200703-24 (mgv: Stack overflow in included gv code) mgv includes code from gv that does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before copying it into process buffers. Impact : An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Postscript document with mgv and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running mgv. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24929 published 2007-04-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24929 title GLSA-200703-24 : mgv: Stack overflow in included gv code code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-24. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(24929); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:44"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5864"); script_bugtraq_id(20978); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200703-24"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200703-24 : mgv: Stack overflow in included gv code"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200703-24 (mgv: Stack overflow in included gv code) mgv includes code from gv that does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before copying it into process buffers. Impact : An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Postscript document with mgv and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running mgv. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-20" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200703-24" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "mgv is currently unmaintained, and the mgv website no longer exists. As such, the mgv package has been masked in Portage. We recommend that users select an alternate Postscript viewer such as ghostview or GSview, and unmerge mgv: # emerge --unmerge 'app-text/mgv'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mgv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/03/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/04/05"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"app-text/mgv", unaffected:make_list(), vulnerable:make_list("le 3.1.5"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mgv"); }
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2006-229.NASL description Stack-based buffer overflow in ps.c for evince allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the DocumentMedia header. Packages have been patched to correct this issue. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24612 published 2007-02-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24612 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : evince (MDKSA-2006:229) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:229. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(24612); script_version ("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:48"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5864"); script_bugtraq_id(20978); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2006:229"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : evince (MDKSA-2006:229)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Stack-based buffer overflow in ps.c for evince allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the DocumentMedia header. Packages have been patched to correct this issue." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected evince package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:evince"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/12/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/02/18"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"evince-0.6.0-1.2mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_EVINCE-2362.NASL description Specially crafted Postscript files could be used to execute arbitrary code by causing a buffer overflow in evince (CVE-2006-5864). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27209 published 2007-10-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27209 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : evince (evince-2362) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update evince-2362. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(27209); script_version ("1.14"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:28"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5864"); script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : evince (evince-2362)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the evince-2362 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Specially crafted Postscript files could be used to execute arbitrary code by causing a buffer overflow in evince (CVE-2006-5864)." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected evince package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:evince"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/12/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/17"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.1|SUSE10\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.1 / 10.2", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"evince-0.4.0-25.5") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"evince-0.6.1-22.2") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "evince"); }
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-390-1.NASL description A buffer overflow was discovered in the PostScript processor included in evince. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PS file, an attacker could crash evince or execute arbitrary code with the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27973 published 2007-11-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27973 title Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : evince vulnerability (USN-390-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_GV-2267.NASL description A stackoverflow in the postscript viewer gv could be used to exploited to execute code, if the user could be tricked into viewing a prepared postscript file. (CVE-2006-5864) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29454 published 2007-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29454 title SuSE 10 Security Update : gv (ZYPP Patch Number 2267) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_GV-2266.NASL description A stackoverflow in the postscript viewer gv could be used to exploited to execute code, if the user could be tricked into viewing a prepared postscript file. (CVE-2006-5864) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27255 published 2007-10-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27255 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : gv (gv-2266) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-390-3.NASL description USN-390-2 fixed vulnerabilities in evince. This update provides the corresponding update for evince-gtk. A buffer overflow was discovered in the PostScript processor included in evince. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PS file, an attacker could crash evince or execute arbitrary code with the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27975 published 2007-11-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27975 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : evince-gtk vulnerability (USN-390-3) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2006-1438.NASL description The PostScript backend of evince had a buffer overflow (CVE-2006-5864). This update fixes the problem. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24070 published 2007-01-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24070 title Fedora Core 6 : evince-0.6.0-5.fc6 (2006-1438) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2006-214.NASL description Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps.c for GNU gv 3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the DocumentMedia header. Packages have been patched to correct this issue. Update : The patch used in the previous update still left the possibility of causing X to consume unusual amounts of memory if gv is used to view a carefully crafted image designed to exploit CVE-2006-5864. This update uses an improved patch to address this issue. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24599 published 2007-02-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24599 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gv (MDKSA-2006:214-1) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1214.NASL description The original update provided in DSA 1214-1 was insufficient; this update corrects this. For reference please find the original advisory text below : Renaud Lifchitz discovered that gv, the PostScript and PDF viewer for X, performs insufficient boundary checks in the Postscript parsing code, which allows the execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 23700 published 2006-11-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23700 title Debian DSA-1214-2 : gv - buffer overflow NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200611-20.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200611-20 (GNU gv: Stack overflow) GNU gv does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before copying it into process buffers. Impact : An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document with GNU gv and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user on the system. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 23728 published 2006-11-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23728 title GLSA-200611-20 : GNU gv: Stack overflow NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_EVINCE-2358.NASL description Specially crafted Postscript files could be used to execute arbitrary code by causing a buffer overflow in evince. (CVE-2006-5864) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29422 published 2007-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29422 title SuSE 10 Security Update : evince (ZYPP Patch Number 2358) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_779A2D558BA811DB81D500123FFE8333.NASL description Secunia reports : A vulnerability has been discovered in Evince, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 23872 published 2006-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23872 title FreeBSD : evince -- Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (779a2d55-8ba8-11db-81d5-00123ffe8333) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-390-2.NASL description USN-390-1 fixed a vulnerability in evince. The original fix did not fully solve the problem, allowing for a denial of service in certain situations. A buffer overflow was discovered in the PostScript processor included in evince. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PS file, an attacker could crash evince or execute arbitrary code with the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27974 published 2007-11-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27974 title Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : evince vulnerability (USN-390-2)
Statements
contributor | Mark J Cox |
lastmodified | 2007-09-07 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215593 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 which is in maintenance mode. |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23006
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23018
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23111
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23266
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23409
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23579
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24787
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-20.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-24.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1214
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1243
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/352825
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:214
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:229
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451057/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451422/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452868/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20978
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-390-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-390-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-390-3
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4424
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4747
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30153
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30555
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-850
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2858