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Ghostscript "pdf_base_font_alloc()" Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA34534
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Release Date:
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2009-04-02
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Last Update:
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2009-04-15
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Popularity:
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1,313 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Ghostscript 8.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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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 in the "pdf_base_font_alloc()" function in src/gdevpdtb.c. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into converting a specially crafted Postscript file to PDF.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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