CVE-2008-6679

Description

Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10019

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493445

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/35569

http://secunia.com/advisories/35559

http://secunia.com/advisories/35416

http://secunia.com/advisories/34732

http://secunia.com/advisories/34729

http://secunia.com/advisories/34667

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3