National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0584
Original release date:03/23/2009
Last revised:08/21/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
icc.c in the International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (aka icclib), as used in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier and Argyll Color Management System (CMS) 1.0.3 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by using a device file for processing a crafted image file associated with large integer values for certain sizes, related to an ICC profile in a (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US Government Resource: ESB-2009.0259
Name: ESB-2009.0259
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3031
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3011
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-2885
Type: Advisory
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-2883
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2991
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487744
External Source: XF
Name: ghostscript-icclib-bo(49327)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1708
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0816
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0777
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0776
Type: Advisory
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-757-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-743-1
External Source: BID
Name: 34184
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090319 rPSA-2009-0050-1 ghostscript
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0345
Type: Advisory
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:096
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:095
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200903-37
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1746
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0050
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-098.htm
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 262288
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021868
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35569
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35559
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34729
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34469
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34443
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34437
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34418
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34398
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34393
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34381
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34373
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34266
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10544
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 52988
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:007
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261087
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10544
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5