CVE-2002-0838 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2002-0838
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Description: Buffer overflow in (1) gv 3.5.8 and earlier, (2) gvv 1.0.2 and earlier, (3) ggv 1.99.90 and earlier, (4) gnome-gv, and (5) kghostview in kdegraphics 2.2.2 and earlier, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed (a) PDF or (b) PostScript file, which is processed by an unsafe call to sscanf.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10201.php REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-212.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-207.html MANDRAKE http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:069 http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071 DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-179 CONFIRM http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security CONECTIVA http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542 CERT-VN 600777 CALDERA BUGTRAQ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2 BID 5808

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