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Debian Security Advisory DSA 176-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Martin Schulze
October 16th, 2002                       Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : gv
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id         : CAN-2002-0838
BugTraq ID     : 5808

Zen-parse discovered a buffer overflow in gv, a PostScript and PDF
viewer for X11.  This problem is triggered by scanning the PostScript
file and can be exploited by an attacker sending a malformed
PostScript or PDF file.  The attacker is able to cause arbitrary code
to be run with the privileges of the victim.

This problem has been fixed in version 3.5.8-26.1 for the current
stable distribution (woody), in version 3.5.8-17.1 for the old stable
distribution (potato) and version 3.5.8-27 for the unstable
distribution (sid).

We recommend that you upgrade your gv package.

wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
---------------------------------

  Source archives:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      555 3aa3cb663f578cbf02c09f370951a814
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    29382 2e9e7149b69bf36a80632c8b695b6495
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   369609 8f2f0bd97395d6cea52926ddee736da8

  Alpha architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   278646 b12dd5fef60ff840b3921a511eb28c74

  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   238918 52892bea304128845836b4c9976d39a3

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   226416 4f44d7df45cec7b132c1c7c9a6ba84ea

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   217712 2decb437f1a28beac92edb63f3d31444

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   244382 cb3bd27b214e391ada83ce0593e16715

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   237878 ba1bdf19f68f62d36c8f58c015867287


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
--------------------------------

  Source archives:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      559 e7a2b5dfb91d7217d1b171b24682ea41
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    18453 f9910a58912e1a6fbaef33ff4fe27b94
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   369609 8f2f0bd97395d6cea52926ddee736da8

  Alpha architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   273262 6cb8adebf56cc25ef43d1358636dc9ca

  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   243382 2707a8a87e133a45cc2a98dd223e7c8f

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   226106 304f32b84e6497612222a26c9dc5c1fd

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   313888 522c58c4d2fecb99424533c4980d1409

  HP Precision architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   252054 aa50a00ebb6d5c304ec94bbf1e65a2c9

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   216922 d11c3c10e70fb1593ce15c2b6c3863be

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   252064 6b944b4c04f4488ea380063bdf3324ad

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   250914 87afee172cf73ed91ad0449fadd9bb4b

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   243450 9c77e9860e1044bc4c7b9a7b054e8a4d

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   232784 96242f88c593319e0d3fddef928c47d2

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   237798 e5091427da6e76dbb9bb34cf03e94647


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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