DSA-1214-2 gv -- buffer overflow

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

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.