DSA-179-1 gnome-gv -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-179-1 gnome-gv -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

18 Oct 2002

Affected Packages:

gnome-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. The same code is present in gnome-gv. 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 1.1.96-3.1 for the current stable distribution (woody), in version 0.82-2.1 for the old stable distribution (potato) and version 1.99.7-9 for the unstable distribution (sid).

We recommend that you upgrade your gnome-gv package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_i386.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_m68k.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_powerpc.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_ia64.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.