PT-2010-5640 · Artifex · Ghostscript

Dan Rosenberg · Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2010-1628

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript versions 8.64, 8.70 gs-aladdin (affected versions not specified) gs (affected versions not specified) gs-common (affected versions not specified) gs-esp (affected versions not specified) libgs8 (affected versions not specified) gs-gpl (affected versions not specified) libgs-dev (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue involves multiple vulnerabilities in the Ghostscript package, which can be exploited remotely to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. This can be achieved through context-dependent attacks, such as executing arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, leading to memory corruption in the interpreter's stack.

Recommendations For Ghostscript versions 8.64, 8.70: Update to a version that is not vulnerable to the issue. For gs-aladdin: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For gs: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For gs-common: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For gs-esp: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For libgs8: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For gs-gpl: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For libgs-dev: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-01920

BDU:2015-01921

BDU:2015-01922

BDU:2015-01923

BDU:2015-01924

BDU:2015-01925

BDU:2015-01926

CVE-2010-1628

DSA-2093-1

Affected Products

Ghostscript

References · 28

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/546009 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/40107 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/12/1 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/18/7 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/May/134 · Exploit
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-1628 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4897 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1628 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01924 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1628 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1628 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:134 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39753 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory