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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200408-10">
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<title>gv: Exploitable Buffer Overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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gv contains an exploitable buffer overflow that allows an attacker to
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execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gv</product>
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<announced>August 12, 2004</announced>
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<revised>August 12, 2004: 01</revised>
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<bug>59385</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/gv" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.5.8-r4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">3.5.8-r3</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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gv is a PostScript and PDF viewer for X which provides a user interface for
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the ghostscript interpreter.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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gv contains a buffer overflow vulnerability where an unsafe sscanf() call
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is used to interpret PDF and PostScript files.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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By enticing a user to view a malformed PDF or PostScript file an attacker
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could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running gv.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
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upgrade to the latest available version of gv.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All gv users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=app-text/gv-3.5.8-r4"
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# emerge ">=app-text/gv-3.5.8-r4"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0838">CAN-2002-0838</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:15:36 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 8 Aug 2004 20:43:19 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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