CVE-2002-0838 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) gv 3.5.8 and earlier (2) gvv 1.0.2 and earlier (3) ggv 1.99.90 and earlier (4) gnome-gv and (5) kghostview in kdegraphics 2.2.2 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed (a) PDF or (b) PostScript file which is processed by an unsafe call to sscanf.

Reference

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-179 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10201.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600777 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:069 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-207.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-212.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5808