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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0196: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0196: GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/16/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-ghostscript-gpl

References

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