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Secunia Advisory SA23111

Evince "get_next_text()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA23111
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Release Date 2006-11-29
Last Update 2006-12-15
   
Popularity 11,227 views
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Criticality level Moderately criticalModerately critical
Impact System access
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Workaround
   
   
3rd party PoC/exploit Link available in Customer Area
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
Evince 0.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2006-5864 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in Evince, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "get_next_text()" function in ps/ps.c. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PostScript file.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.6.1. Other versions may also be affected.


Solution
The vulnerability is reportedly fixed in the CVS repository.

Provided and/or discovered by
Originally reported in GNU gv by Renaud Lifchitz, sysdream.com
Discovered in Evince by K-sPecial of .aware

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Original Advisory
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2858

Other references
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