CVE-2006-5864
Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2006-5864
Summary:
Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps.c for GNU gv 3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the (1) DocumentMedia, (2) DocumentPaperSizes, and possibly (3) PageMedia and (4) PaperSize headers. NOTE: this issue can be exploited through other products that use gv such as evince.
References: http://secunia.com/advisories/22787, http://secunia.com/advisories/22932, http://secunia.com/advisories/23006, http://secunia.com/advisories/23018, http://secunia.com/advisories/23111, http://secunia.com/advisories/23118, http://secunia.com/advisories/23183, http://secunia.com/advisories/23266, http://secunia.com/advisories/23306, http://secunia.com/advisories/23335, http://secunia.com/advisories/23353, http://secunia.com/advisories/23409, http://secunia.com/advisories/23579, http://secunia.com/advisories/24649, http://secunia.com/advisories/24787, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-20.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-24.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-06.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1214, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1243, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:214, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:229, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-390-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-390-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-390-3, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4424, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4747, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20978, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/352825, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451057/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451422/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452868/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30153, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30555, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-850, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2858
