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Debian Security Advisory DSA 182-1 (kdegraphics)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to kdegraphics announced via advisory DSA 182-1.

Insight

Insight

Zen-parse discovered a buffer overflow in gv, a PostScript and PDF viewer for X11. The same code is present in kghostview which is part of the KDE-Graphics package. This problem is triggered by scanning the PostScript file and can be exploited by an attacker sending a malformed PostScript or PDF file. The attacker is able to cause arbitrary code to be run with the privileges of the victim. This problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-6.8 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 2.2.2-6.9 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected since no KDE is included. We recommend that you upgrade your kghostview package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20182-1

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