Vulnerability CVE-2002-0838
Published: 2002-10-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in (1) gv 3.5.8 and earlier, (2) gvv 1.0.2 and earlier, (3) ggv 1.99.90 and earlier, (4) gnome-gv, and (5) kghostview in kdegraphics 2.2.2 and earlier, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed (a) PDF or (b) PostScript file, which is processed by an unsafe call to sscanf.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GV -> GV 
Ghostview -> Ghostview 
GGV -> GGV 

 References:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-179
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10201.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600777
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:069
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-207.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-212.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5808
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