National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6725

Overview

The CCITTFax decoding filter in Ghostscript 8.60, 8.61, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a buffer underflow in the cf_decode_2d function.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493442

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229174

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1708

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1708

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-757-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-757-1

External Source: BID

Name: 34337

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34337

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090417 rPSA-2009-0060-1 ghostscript

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502757/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0421

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0421.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0420

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0420.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090401 CVE request -- ghostscript

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/10

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:096

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:096

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:095

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:095

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-5699

Hyperlink:http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce@redhat.com/msg11830.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0060

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-155.htm

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 262288

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262288-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35569

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35569

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35559

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35559

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35416

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35416

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34732

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34732

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34729

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34729

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34726

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34726

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9507

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9507

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:011

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9507

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9507