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Secunia Security Advisory 37851

Secunia Security Advisory 37851
Posted Dec 21, 2009
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Ghostscript, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.

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Secunia Security Advisory 37851

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TITLE:
Ghostscript "errprintf()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37851

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37851/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Ghostscript, which can be
exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"errprintf()" function in base/gsmisc.c. This can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow via e.g. a specially crafted PDF
file printed through CUPS.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 8.64 and 8.70. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not process untrusted PDF or postscript files.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by David Srbecky in a Ghostscript bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690829

OTHER REFERENCES:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540760

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