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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1214-2 (gv)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gv announced via advisory DSA 1214-2. The original update provided in DSA 1214-1 was insufficient this update corrects this. For reference the original advisory below: Renaud Lifchitz discovered that gv, the PostScript and PDF viewer for X, performs insufficient boundary checks in the Postscript parsing code, which allows the execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.1-10sarge2. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.2-2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.2-2. We recommend that you upgrade your gv package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201214-2