CVE-2008-6679

Impact

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

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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