Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-6679 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Ghostscript 8.62
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
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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.
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2080.NASL description Several security issues have been discovered in Ghostscript, a GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user processes a malformed PDF or Postscript file. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 48223 published 2010-08-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/48223 title Debian DSA-2080-1 : ghostscript - several vulnerabilities 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-2080. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(48223); script_version("1.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:22"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6725", "CVE-2008-3522", "CVE-2008-6679", "CVE-2009-0196", "CVE-2009-0792", "CVE-2009-4270", "CVE-2010-1869"); script_bugtraq_id(31470, 34184, 34337, 34340, 34445, 37410, 40103); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2080"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2080-1 : ghostscript - several vulnerabilities"); 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: "Several security issues have been discovered in Ghostscript, a GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user processes a malformed PDF or Postscript file." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2080" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the ghostscript packages. For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(119, 189); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/08/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/08/03"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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:"5.0", prefix:"ghostscript", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"ghostscript-doc", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"ghostscript-x", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs-aladdin", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs-common", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs-esp", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs-gpl", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libgs-dev", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libgs8", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_GHOSTSCRIPT-FONTS-OTHER-6245.NASL description Specially crafted file could cause a heap-overflow in JBIG2 decoder (CVE-2009-0196), an integer overflow in ICC library (CVE-2009-0792), a buffer overflow in BaseFont writer module (CVE-2008-6679) or crash the CCITTFax decoder. (CVE-2007-6725) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41513 published 2009-09-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41513 title SuSE 10 Security Update : GhostScript (ZYPP Patch Number 6245) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(41513); script_version ("1.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:36"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6725", "CVE-2008-6679", "CVE-2009-0196", "CVE-2009-0792"); script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : GhostScript (ZYPP Patch Number 6245)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Specially crafted file could cause a heap-overflow in JBIG2 decoder (CVE-2009-0196), an integer overflow in ICC library (CVE-2009-0792), a buffer overflow in BaseFont writer module (CVE-2008-6679) or crash the CCITTFax decoder. (CVE-2007-6725)" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6725.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-6679.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0196.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0792.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 6245."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_cwe_id(119, 189); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/05/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/09/24"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 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/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages."); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type."); if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented."); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-fonts-other-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-fonts-std-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-library-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-x11-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"libgimpprint-4.2.7-62.22")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-fonts-other-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-fonts-rus-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-fonts-std-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-library-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-omni-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"ghostscript-x11-8.15.4-16.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"libgimpprint-4.2.7-62.22")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"libgimpprint-devel-4.2.7-62.23")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-311.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities has been identified and fixed in ghostscript : A buffer underflow in Ghostscript last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 42997 published 2009-12-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42997 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDVSA-2009:311) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:311. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(42997); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:52"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2007-6725", "CVE-2008-3520", "CVE-2008-3522", "CVE-2008-6679", "CVE-2009-0196", "CVE-2009-0583", "CVE-2009-0584", "CVE-2009-0792" ); script_bugtraq_id( 31470, 34184, 34337, 34340, 34445 ); script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2009:311"); script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDVSA-2009:311)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Multiple security vulnerabilities has been identified and fixed in ghostscript : A buffer underflow in Ghostscript's CCITTFax decoding filter allows remote attackers to cause denial of service and possibly to execute arbitrary by using a crafted PDF file (CVE-2007-6725). Buffer overflow in Ghostscript's BaseFont writer module allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file (CVE-2008-6679). Multiple interger overflows in Ghostsript's International Color Consortium Format Library (icclib) allows attackers to cause denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by using either a PostScript or PDF file with crafte embedded images (CVE-2009-0583, CVE-2009-0584). Multiple interger overflows in Ghostsript's International Color Consortium Format Library (icclib) allows attackers to cause denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by using either a PostScript or PDF file with crafte embedded images. Note: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-0583 (CVE-2009-0792). Heap-based overflow in Ghostscript's JBIG2 decoding library allows attackers to cause denial of service and possibly to execute arbitrary code by using a crafted PDF file (CVE-2009-0196). Multiple integer overflows in JasPer 1.900.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted image file, related to integer multiplication for memory allocation (CVE-2008-3520). Buffer overflow in the jas_stream_printf function in libjasper/base/jas_stream.c in JasPer 1.900.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the mif_hdr_put function and use of vsprintf (CVE-2008-3522). Previousely the ghostscript packages were statically built against a bundled and private copy of the jasper library. This update makes ghostscript link against the shared system jasper library which makes it easier to address presumptive future security issues in the jasper library. Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers This update provides fixes for that vulnerabilities." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(119, 189); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-X"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-common"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-dvipdf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-module-X"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gs8"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gs8-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ijs1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ijs1-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgs8"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgs8-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libijs1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libijs1-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/12/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/12/04"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); 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:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-X-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-common-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-doc-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-dvipdf-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-module-X-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gs8-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gs8-devel-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ijs1-0.35-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ijs1-devel-0.35-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgs8-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgs8-devel-8.60-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libijs1-0.35-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libijs1-devel-0.35-55.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_GHOSTSCRIPT-DEVEL-6246.NASL description Specially crafted file could cause a heap-overflow in JBIG2 decoder (CVE-2009-0196), an integer overflow in ICC library (CVE-2009-0792), a buffer overflow in BaseFont writer module (CVE-2008-6679) or crash the CCITTFax decoder (CVE-2007-6725). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 38807 published 2009-05-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38807 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : ghostscript-devel (ghostscript-devel-6246) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_1_GHOSTSCRIPT-DEVEL-090514.NASL description Specially crafted file could cause a heap-overflow in JBIG2 decoder (CVE-2009-0196), an integer overflow in ICC library (CVE-2009-0792), a buffer overflow in BaseFont writer module (CVE-2008-6679) or crash the CCITTFax decoder (CVE-2007-6725). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40220 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40220 title openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript-devel (ghostscript-devel-877) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_F0F97B943F9511DEA3FD0030843D3802.NASL description SecurityFocus reports : Ghostscript is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it into a finite-sized buffer. Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to overwrite a sensitive memory buffer with arbitrary data, potentially allowing them to execute malicious machine code in the context of the affected application. This vulnerability may facilitate the compromise of affected computers. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 38763 published 2009-05-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38763 title FreeBSD : ghostscript -- buffer overflow vulnerability (f0f97b94-3f95-11de-a3fd-0030843d3802) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20090414_GHOSTSCRIPT_ON_SL3_X.NASL description It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0345 did not address all possible integer overflow flaws in Ghostscript last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60565 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60565 title Scientific Linux Security Update : ghostscript on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_GHOSTSCRIPT-DEVEL-090513.NASL description Specially crafted file could cause a heap-overflow in JBIG2 decoder (CVE-2009-0196), an integer overflow in ICC library (CVE-2009-0792), a buffer overflow in BaseFont writer module (CVE-2008-6679) or crash the CCITTFax decoder. (CVE-2007-6725) The previous security update introduced a regression that broke some printer drives. This new update fixes that issue. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41396 published 2009-09-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41396 title SuSE 11 Security Update : GhostScript (SAT Patch Number 876) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2009-0421.NASL description Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0345 did not address all possible integer overflow flaws in Ghostscript last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 36160 published 2009-04-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36160 title RHEL 5 : ghostscript (RHSA-2009:0421) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2009-0421.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:0421 : Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0345 did not address all possible integer overflow flaws in Ghostscript last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67841 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67841 title Oracle Linux 5 : ghostscript (ELSA-2009-0421) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_0_GHOSTSCRIPT-DEVEL-090513.NASL description Specially crafted file could cause a heap-overflow in JBIG2 decoder (CVE-2009-0196), an integer overflow in ICC library (CVE-2009-0792), a buffer overflow in BaseFont writer module (CVE-2008-6679) or crash the CCITTFax decoder (CVE-2007-6725). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 39968 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/39968 title openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript-devel (ghostscript-devel-877) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-757-1.NASL description It was discovered that Ghostscript contained a buffer underflow in its CCITTFax decoding filter. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2007-6725) It was discovered that Ghostscript contained a buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-6679) It was discovered that Ghostscript contained additional integer overflows in its ICC color management library. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript or PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0792) Alin Rad Pop discovered that Ghostscript contained a buffer overflow in the jbig2dec library. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0196) USN-743-1 provided updated ghostscript and gs-gpl packages to fix two security vulnerabilities. This update corrects the same vulnerabilities in the gs-esp package. It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple integer overflows in its ICC color management library. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0583) It was discovered that Ghostscript did not properly perform bounds checking in its ICC color management library. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0584). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 37438 published 2009-04-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2009-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37438 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : ghostscript, gs-esp, gs-gpl vulnerabilities (USN-757-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-3709.NASL description This update fixes several security flaws: CVE-2009-0792 (multiple integer overflows and missing upper-bounds checks in icclib), CVE-2009-0196 (missing boundary check in jbig2dec library), and CVE-2008-6679 (buffer overflow in pdfwrite device). 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 37055 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37055 title Fedora 10 : ghostscript-8.63-6.fc10 (2009-3709) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-095.NASL description A buffer underflow in Ghostscript last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 38164 published 2009-04-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38164 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDVSA-2009:095) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2009-0421.NASL description Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0345 did not address all possible integer overflow flaws in Ghostscript last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 43741 published 2010-01-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43741 title CentOS 5 : ghostscript (CESA-2009:0421) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-3710.NASL description This update fixes several security flaws: CVE-2009-0792 (multiple integer overflows and missing upper-bounds checks in icclib), CVE-2009-0196 (missing boundary check in jbig2dec library), and CVE-2008-6679 (buffer overflow in pdfwrite device). 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 36166 published 2009-04-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36166 title Fedora 9 : ghostscript-8.63-3.fc9 (2009-3710)
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accepted | 2013-04-29T04:00:25.834-04:00 | ||||||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||||
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id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10019 | ||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||
submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||
title | 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. | ||||||||||||
version | 18 |
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References
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34667
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35559
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35569
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493445
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10019
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html