National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0196

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 34445

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34445

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-3710

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-3709

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=337747

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=337747

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1708

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0983

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0983

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-757-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-757-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022029

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022029

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090417 rPSA-2009-0060-1 ghostscript

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090409 Secunia Research: Ghostscript jbig2dec JBIG2 Processing Buffer Overflow

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502586/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0421

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:095

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 262288

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1

External Source: MISC

Name: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-21/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-21/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35569

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35569

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35559

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35559

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35416

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35416

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34732

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34732

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34729

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34729

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34667

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34667

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34292

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34292

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 53492

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/53492

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:011

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:009

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html