Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1214-2 gv -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 20 Nov 2006
- Affected Packages:
- gv
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 398292.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-5864. - More information:
-
The original update provided in DSA 1214-1 was insufficient; this update corrects this. For reference please find the original advisory text below:
Renaud Lifchitz discovered that gv, the PostScript and PDF viewer for X, performs insufficient boundary checks in the Postscript parsing code, which allows the execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.1-10sarge2.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.2-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.2-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your gv package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_arm.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.6.1-10sarge2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.