PT-2009-2149 · Artifex+1 · Ghostscript+1

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2009-04-08 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-6679

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript versions 8.62 and possibly other versions

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the BaseFont writer module, which can be triggered by a crafted Postscript file. This issue may cause a denial of service, leading to a crash of the ps2pdf component, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Ghostscript version 8.62, consider disabling the BaseFont writer module as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6679

DSA-2080-1

RHSA-2009:0421

RHSA-2009_0421

Affected Products

Ghostscript

Red Hat

References · 34

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6679 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06205 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6679 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6679 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6679 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0421 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34667 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/53492 · Note