Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New kghostview packages fix buffer overflow |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-182 | First vendor Publication | 2002-10-28 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2002-10-28 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Zen-parse discovered a buffer overflow in gv, a PostScript and PDF viewer for X11. The same code is present in kghostview which is part of the KDE-Graphics package. This problem is triggered by scanning the PostScript file and can be exploited by an attacker sending a malformed PostScript or PDF file. The attacker is able to cause arbitrary code to be run with the privileges of the victim. This problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-6.8 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 2.2.2-6.9 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected since no KDE is included. We recommend that you upgrade your kghostview package. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200408-10 (gv) File : nvt/glsa_200408_10.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 176-1 (gv) File : nvt/deb_176_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 179-1 (gnome-gv) File : nvt/deb_179_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 182-1 (kdegraphics) File : nvt/deb_182_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 8651 | ggv sscanf Overflow |
| 8650 | gvv sscanf Overflow |
| 8649 | gv sscanf Local Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-179.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-182.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-08-30 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200408-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2002-069.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2002-071.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-06 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2002-211.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:28:34 |
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