Upstream information

CVE-2009-4897 at MITRE

Description

Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 621824 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2010:0425-1 openSUSE-SU-2010:0425-2

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • ghostscript-fonts-other >= 8.62-32.27.26.1
  • ghostscript-fonts-rus >= 8.62-32.27.26.1
  • ghostscript-fonts-std >= 8.62-32.27.26.1
  • ghostscript-library >= 8.62-32.27.26.1
  • ghostscript-omni >= 8.62-32.27.26.1
  • ghostscript-x11 >= 8.62-32.27.26.1
  • libgimpprint >= 4.2.7-32.27.26.1
 Patchnames:
slessp0-ghostscript-devel

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 ghostscript-library Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 ghostscript-library Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ghostscript-library Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:20:28 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:21:31 2024