Bug 215265 - CVE-2006-5864: gv (ghostview) <= 3.6.2 stack-based buffer overflow
Summary: CVE-2006-5864: gv (ghostview) <= 3.6.2 stack-based buffer overflow
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora Legacy
Classification: Retired
Component: gv
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Fedora Legacy Bugs
QA Contact: David Lawrence
URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
Whiteboard: LEGACY, rh73, rh90, 3
Depends On: 215136
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-11-13 03:43 UTC by David Eisenstein
Modified: 2007-08-30 19:57 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-08-30 19:57:13 UTC
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Description David Eisenstein 2006-11-13 03:43:55 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #215136 +++

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-5864

"Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps.c for GNU gv
3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long
comments, as demonstrated using the DocumentMedia header."
Comment 1 Jesse Keating 2007-08-30 19:57:13 UTC 
Fedora Legacy project has ended.  These will not be fixed by Fedora Legacy.
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