Vulnerability CVE-2008-6679
Published: 2009-04-08   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Ghostscript -> Ghostscript 

 References:
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690211
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493445
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10019
https://usn.ubuntu.com/757-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00460.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00461.html
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