CVE-2008-6679
CVE-2008-6679
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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.
EPSS 4.5% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
ghostscript Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 8.64~dfsg-1
Update to 8.64~dfsg-1
ghostscript Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 8.64~dfsg-1
Update to 8.64~dfsg-1
ghostscript Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 8.64~dfsg-1
Update to 8.64~dfsg-1
Original sources
- 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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6679