Debian Security Advisory
DSA-176-1 gv -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 16 Oct 2002
- Affected Packages:
- gv
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 5808.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2002-0838. - More information:
-
Zen-parse discovered a buffer overflow in gv, a PostScript and PDF viewer for X11. 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 3.5.8-26.1 for the current stable distribution (woody), in version 3.5.8-17.1 for the old stable distribution (potato) and version 3.5.8-27 for the unstable distribution (sid).
We recommend that you upgrade your gv package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_ia64.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.