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GLSA-200408-10 : gv: Exploitable Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14566

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-10 (gv: Exploitable Buffer Overflow)

 gv contains a buffer overflow vulnerability where an unsafe sscanf() call is used to interpret PDF and PostScript files.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to view a malformed PDF or PostScript file an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running gv.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of gv.

Solution

All gv users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-text/gv-3.5.8-r4' # emerge '>=app-text/gv-3.5.8-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200408-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14566

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200408-10.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gv, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0838

GLSA: 200408-10