Gentoo: GLSA-200408-10 Normal: gv Buffer Overflow Threat
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August 12, 2004
gv contains an exploitable buffer overflow that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-10
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: gv: Exploitable Buffer Overflow
Date: August 12, 2004
Bugs: #59385
ID: 200408-10
Synopsis
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gv contains an exploitable buffer overflow that allows an attacker to
execute arbitrary code.
Background
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gv is a PostScript and PDF viewer for X which provides a user interface
for the ghostscript interpreter.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/gv <= 3.5.8-r3 >= 3.5.8-r4
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gv contains a buffer overflow vulnerability where an unsafe sscanf()
call is used to interpret PDF and PostScript files.
Impact
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