Ghostscript Overflows in International Color Consortium Format Library Lets Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021868
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1021868
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CVE Reference: CVE-2009-0583
, CVE-2009-0584
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 20 2009
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via local system, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via local system, User access via network
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Version(s): 8.64
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Ghostscript. A user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A user can create a specially crafted International Color Consortium (ICC) file. When the target user opens a specially crafted
PostScript or PDF file containing embedded images, a buffer overflow may occur and arbitrary code may be executed with the privileges
of the target user.
The vulnerability resides in 'icclib/icc.c'.
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Impact: A user can create a file that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.ghostscript.com/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error, Input validation error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:30:10 -0500
Subject: Ghostscript
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487742
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487744
CVE-2009-0583
CVE-2009-0584
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