GV Postscript and PDF Viewer Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:10944

Info

GV Postscript and PDF Viewer Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 10944
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 14 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 14 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to sean <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: gv gv 3.5.8
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
+ Gentoo Linux 1.2
- Redhat Linux 7.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 pseries
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 iseries
+ Sun Linux 5.0
gv gv 3.5.3
gv gv 3.5.2
gv gv 3.4.12
gv gv 3.4.3
gv gv 3.4.2
gv gv 3.2.4
gv gv 3.1.6
gv gv 3.1.4
gv gv 3.0.4
gv gv 3.0 .0
gv gv 2.9.4
gv gv 2.7.6
gv gv 2.7 b5
gv gv 2.7 b4
gv gv 2.7 b3
gv gv 2.7 b2
gv gv 2.7 b1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GV Postscript and PDF Viewer Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

gv is reported prone to multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities. These issues exist due to insufficient checking performed by the application on file headers for PostScript and PDF documents.

These vulnerabilities exist in the 'psscan' function of the 'ps.c' file. The vulnerabilities include multiple stack and heap based buffer overflows. A number of the stack overflows have been specified, however, there are also a number of unspecified heap overflows.

Successful exploitation of these issues may result in an attacker executing arbitrary code on a vulnerable computer to gain unauthorized access. This would occur in the context of the vulnerable application.

It should be noted that applications such as Web browsers may use the software as an automatic handler for PostScript and PDF files.

Exploit / POC

GV Postscript and PDF Viewer Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

GV Postscript and PDF Viewer Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

GV Postscript and PDF Viewer Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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