National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-4897
Original release date:07/22/2010
Last revised:08/03/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.
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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External Source: BID
Name: 41593
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613792
External Source: XF
Name: ghostscript-iscan-bo(60380)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-961-1
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 66277
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2010:135
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2010:134
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 40580
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690523
Type: Advisory
