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
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
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.