CVE-2008-6679

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CVE-2008-6679 at MITRE

Details

Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.

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Novell Bugzilla entry: 492765

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SR:2009:011 , published Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SLES 11 DEBUGINFO	ghostscript-library-debuginfo >= 8.62-32.25.1 ghostscript-library-debugsource >= 8.62-32.25.1	sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 SAT Patch Nr: 876
SLE 11	ghostscript-devel >= 8.62-32.25.1 ghostscript-ijs-devel >= 8.62-32.25.1 libgimpprint-devel >= 4.2.7-32.25.1	sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 SAT Patch Nr: 876
SLED 11 SLES 11	ghostscript-fonts-other >= 8.62-32.25.1 ghostscript-fonts-rus >= 8.62-32.25.1 ghostscript-fonts-std >= 8.62-32.25.1 ghostscript-library >= 8.62-32.25.1 ghostscript-omni >= 8.62-32.25.1 ghostscript-x11 >= 8.62-32.25.1 libgimpprint >= 4.2.7-32.25.1	sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. x86 sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. ppc sle11-debuginfo. s390x sle11-debuginfo. ia64 sle11-debuginfo. x86-64 SAT Patch Nr: 876
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 for x86	ghostscript-fonts-other >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-fonts-std >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-library >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-x11 >= 8.15.4-16.11 libgimpprint >= 4.2.7-62.22	sles10-sp2. s390x sles10-sp2-sdk. ia64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. s390x sles10-sp2. ppc sles10-sp2-sdk. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86 sles10-sp2-sdk. s390x sles10-sp2-debuginfo. x86 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. ia64 sled10-sp2. x86 sles10-sp2. ia64 sled10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2-sdk. x86 sles10-sp2-sdk. ppc sles10-sp2-debuginfo. ppc ZYPP Patch Nr: 6245
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for AMD64 and Intel EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IBM POWER SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IBM zSeries 64bit SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IPF SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for x86	ghostscript-library-debuginfo >= 8.15.4-16.11	sles10-sp2. s390x sles10-sp2-sdk. ia64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. s390x sles10-sp2. ppc sles10-sp2-sdk. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86 sles10-sp2-sdk. s390x sles10-sp2-debuginfo. x86 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. ia64 sled10-sp2. x86 sles10-sp2. ia64 sled10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2-sdk. x86 sles10-sp2-sdk. ppc sles10-sp2-debuginfo. ppc ZYPP Patch Nr: 6245
SLE SDK 10 SP2 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries SLE SDK 10 SP2 for IBM zSeries SLE SDK 10 SP2 for IPF SLE SDK 10 SP2 for X86-64 SLE SDK 10 SP2 for x86	ghostscript-fonts-rus >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-omni >= 8.15.4-16.11 libgimpprint-devel >= 4.2.7-62.23	sles10-sp2. s390x sles10-sp2-sdk. ia64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. s390x sles10-sp2. ppc sles10-sp2-sdk. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86 sles10-sp2-sdk. s390x sles10-sp2-debuginfo. x86 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. ia64 sled10-sp2. x86 sles10-sp2. ia64 sled10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2-sdk. x86 sles10-sp2-sdk. ppc sles10-sp2-debuginfo. ppc ZYPP Patch Nr: 6245
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for IBM POWER SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for IBM zSeries 64bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for IPF SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for x86	ghostscript-fonts-other >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-fonts-rus >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-fonts-std >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-library >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-omni >= 8.15.4-16.11 ghostscript-x11 >= 8.15.4-16.11 libgimpprint >= 4.2.7-62.22 libgimpprint-devel >= 4.2.7-62.23	sles10-sp2. s390x sles10-sp2-sdk. ia64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. s390x sles10-sp2. ppc sles10-sp2-sdk. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86 sles10-sp2-sdk. s390x sles10-sp2-debuginfo. x86 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. ia64 sled10-sp2. x86 sles10-sp2. ia64 sled10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2-sdk. x86 sles10-sp2-sdk. ppc sles10-sp2-debuginfo. ppc ZYPP Patch Nr: 6245
openSUSE 10.3	ghostscript-fonts-other >= 8.15.4-3.8 ghostscript-fonts-rus >= 8.15.4-3.8 ghostscript-fonts-std >= 8.15.4-3.8 ghostscript-ijs-devel >= 8.15.4-3.8 ghostscript-library >= 8.15.4-3.8 ghostscript-omni >= 8.15.4-3.8 ghostscript-x11 >= 8.15.4-3.8 libgimpprint >= 4.2.7-178.8 libgimpprint-devel >= 4.2.7-178.8	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6246 SAT Patch Nr: 877
openSUSE 11.0	ghostscript-library-debuginfo >= 8.62-17.6 ghostscript-library-debugsource >= 8.62-17.6	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6246 SAT Patch Nr: 877
openSUSE 11.0	ghostscript-devel >= 8.62-17.6 ghostscript-fonts-other >= 8.62-17.6 ghostscript-fonts-rus >= 8.62-17.6 ghostscript-fonts-std >= 8.62-17.6 ghostscript-ijs-devel >= 8.62-17.6 ghostscript-library >= 8.62-17.6 ghostscript-omni >= 8.62-17.6 ghostscript-x11 >= 8.62-17.6 libgimpprint >= 4.2.7-258.6 libgimpprint-devel >= 4.2.7-258.6	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6246 SAT Patch Nr: 877
openSUSE 11.1	ghostscript-library-debuginfo >= 8.62-31.43.1 ghostscript-library-debugsource >= 8.62-31.43.1	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6246 SAT Patch Nr: 877
openSUSE 11.1	ghostscript-devel >= 8.62-31.43.1 ghostscript-fonts-other >= 8.62-31.43.1 ghostscript-fonts-rus >= 8.62-31.43.1 ghostscript-fonts-std >= 8.62-31.43.1 ghostscript-ijs-devel >= 8.62-31.43.1 ghostscript-library >= 8.62-31.43.1 ghostscript-omni >= 8.62-31.43.1 ghostscript-x11 >= 8.62-31.43.1 libgimpprint >= 4.2.7-31.43.1 libgimpprint-devel >= 4.2.7-31.43.1	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6246 SAT Patch Nr: 877

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