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CVE-2008-6679 at MITRE

Description

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.

NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Novell/SUSE information

Novell Bugzilla entry: 492765

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
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
sle10-sp2-sdk.ia64
sles10-sp2-debuginfo.s390x
sles10-sp2.ppc
sle10-sp2-sdk.x86-64
sles10-sp2.x86
sle10-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
sle10-sp2-sdk.x86
sle10-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
sle10-sp2-sdk.ia64
sles10-sp2-debuginfo.s390x
sles10-sp2.ppc
sle10-sp2-sdk.x86-64
sles10-sp2.x86
sle10-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
sle10-sp2-sdk.x86
sle10-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
sle10-sp2-sdk.ia64
sles10-sp2-debuginfo.s390x
sles10-sp2.ppc
sle10-sp2-sdk.x86-64
sles10-sp2.x86
sle10-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
sle10-sp2-sdk.x86
sle10-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

List of products where fixes are in QA

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