CVE-2008-6679 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.

Reference

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html http://secunia.com/advisories/34667 http://secunia.com/advisories/34729 http://secunia.com/advisories/34732 http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 http://secunia.com/advisories/35559 http://secunia.com/advisories/35569 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493445 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10019 https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html