Gentoo GLSA-200611-20 Normal: Risk of gv Stack Overflow Vulnerability
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November 24, 2006
GNU gv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-20
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: GNU gv: Stack overflow
Date: November 24, 2006
Bugs: #154573
ID: 200611-20
Synopsis
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GNU gv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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GNU gv is a viewer for PostScript and PDF documents.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/gv < 3.6.2-r1 >= 3.6.2-r1
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GNU gv does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before
copying it into process buffers.
Impact
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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document
with GNU gv and execut...
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