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[DSA176] DSA-176-1 gv

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-176-1 gv

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2002-0838

Bugtraq_id:

5808

Xrefs:

DSA:176

Description:

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.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176
Risk factor : High