Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-6725 First vendor Publication 2009-04-08
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6725

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9507
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9507
Title: The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.
Description: The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-6725
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for ghostscript CESA-2009:0420 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0420_ghostscript_centos3_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for ghostscript CESA-2009:0420 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0420_ghostscript_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for ghostscript CESA-2009:0421 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0421_ghostscript_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-08-21 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2080-1 (ghostscript)
File : nvt/deb_2080_1.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:311 (ghostscript)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_311.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : Solaris Update for Ghostscript 115835-05
File : nvt/gb_solaris_115835_05.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : Solaris Update for Ghostscript 115836-05
File : nvt/gb_solaris_115836_05.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for GhostScript
File : nvt/sles10_ghostscript-fon.nasl
2009-10-11 Name : SLES11: Security update for GhostScript
File : nvt/sles11_ghostscript-fon1.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for GhostScript
File : nvt/sles9p5049760.nasl
2009-09-23 Name : Solaris Update for SunFreeware ghostscript man pages 122261-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_122261_02.nasl
2009-09-23 Name : Solaris Update for SunFreeware ghostscript man pages 122262-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_122262_02.nasl
2009-09-23 Name : Solaris Update for SunFreeware gnu esp ghostscript 122260-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_122260_02.nasl
2009-09-23 Name : Solaris Update for SunFreeware gnu esp ghostscript 122259-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_122259_02.nasl
2009-06-15 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:011
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_011.nasl
2009-05-25 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0420 (ghostscript)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_0420.nasl
2009-05-05 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:096-1 (printer-drivers)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_096_1.nasl
2009-04-28 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:095 (ghostscript)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_095.nasl
2009-04-28 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:096 (printer-drivers)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_096.nasl
2009-04-20 Name : Ubuntu USN-757-1 (gs-gpl)
File : nvt/ubuntu_757_1.nasl
2009-04-15 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0421
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0421.nasl
2009-04-15 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0420
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0420.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
53618 Ghostscript CCITTFax Decoding Filter cf_decode_2d Function PDF File Handling ...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0420.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0421.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090414_ghostscript_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-08-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2080.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-0421.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-04 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-311.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_ghostscript-fonts-other-6245.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12417.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_ghostscript-devel-090513.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_ghostscript-devel-090513.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_ghostscript-devel-090514.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-05-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_ghostscript-devel-6246.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-27 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-757-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-15 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0421.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-15 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0420.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-15 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-0420.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce%40redhat.com/msg11830.html
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34337
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0420.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/34726
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
SUNALERT http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
UBUNTU https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708

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