CVE-2010-2055

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2055
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-07-22 05:43:00 UTC
Updated2015-01-09 23:44:00 UTC
DescriptionGhostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-17

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.0 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.01 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.50 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.00 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.03 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.04 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.00 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.11 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.12 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.13 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.14 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.50 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.51 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.52 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.53 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.0 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.01 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 6.50 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.00 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.03 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 7.04 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.00 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.11 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.12 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.13 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.14 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.50 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.51 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.52 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.53 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 6.0 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 8.11 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 6.0 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 8.11 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.01 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.15 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.50 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.51 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.56 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.57 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.60 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.61 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.62 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.63 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.64 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.70 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.01 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.15 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.50 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.51 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.54 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.56 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.57 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.60 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.61 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.62 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.63 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.64 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.70 All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:014 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Fedora update for gv - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 691350 – gs_init.ps tried in current dir despite -P- CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Ghostscript "-P-" Command Line Option Security Issue - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 608071 – VUL-0: ghostscript: executes random code on startup (does not verify ownership of sensitive files used) CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
66247 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: gv-3.7.1-1.fc13 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 691339 – Insecure gs initialization CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Exploit
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Bug 599564 – CVE-2010-2055 ghostscript: gs_init.ps searched in current directory despite -P- CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
#583183 - /usr/bin/gs: Insecure gs initialization - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: gv-3.7.1-1.fc12 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
#583316 - /usr/bin/gv: Insecure gs workaround "gs -P-" - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
GNU gv Two Security Issues - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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