CVE-2009-4270

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4270
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-12-21 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2015-01-09 23:42:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the errprintf function in base/gsmisc.c in ghostscript 8.64 through 8.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, as originally reported for debug logging code in gdevcups.c in the CUPS output driver.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.64 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.70 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.64 All All All
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.70 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:134 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Bug 690829 – buffer overflow in errprintf CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com
Ghostscript 'errprintf()' Function PDF Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:135 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:014 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Ghostscript "errprintf()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
61140 OSVDB osvdb.org
Ubuntu update for ghostscript - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-961-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Bug 540760 – CVE-2009-4270 ghostscript buffer overflow in cups output driver CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - possible vulnerability in ghostscript >= 8.64 MLIST www.openwall.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: possible vulnerability in ghostscript >= 8.64 MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-12-22Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
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