[SECURITY] [DSA 176-1] New gv packages fix buffer overflow

From: Martin Schulze (joeyat_private)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 07:59:28 PDT

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 176-1                     securityat_private
    http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
    October 16th, 2002                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : gv
    Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
    Problem-Type   : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id         : CAN-2002-0838
    BugTraq ID     : 5808
    
    Zen-parse discovered a buffer overflow in gv, a PostScript and PDF
    viewer for X11.  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 3.5.8-26.1 for the current
    stable distribution (woody), in version 3.5.8-17.1 for the old stable
    distribution (potato) and version 3.5.8-27 for the unstable
    distribution (sid).
    
    We recommend that you upgrade your gv package.
    
    wget url
            will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
            will install the referenced file.
    
    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:
    
    apt-get update
            will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
            will install corrected packages
    
    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.
    
    
    Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
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      Source archives:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      555 3aa3cb663f578cbf02c09f370951a814
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:    29382 2e9e7149b69bf36a80632c8b695b6495
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:   369609 8f2f0bd97395d6cea52926ddee736da8
    
      Alpha architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   278646 b12dd5fef60ff840b3921a511eb28c74
    
      ARM architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   238918 52892bea304128845836b4c9976d39a3
    
      Intel IA-32 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   226416 4f44d7df45cec7b132c1c7c9a6ba84ea
    
      Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   217712 2decb437f1a28beac92edb63f3d31444
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   244382 cb3bd27b214e391ada83ce0593e16715
    
      Sun Sparc architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-17.1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   237878 ba1bdf19f68f62d36c8f58c015867287
    
    
    Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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      Source archives:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      559 e7a2b5dfb91d7217d1b171b24682ea41
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:    18453 f9910a58912e1a6fbaef33ff4fe27b94
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:   369609 8f2f0bd97395d6cea52926ddee736da8
    
      Alpha architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   273262 6cb8adebf56cc25ef43d1358636dc9ca
    
      ARM architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   243382 2707a8a87e133a45cc2a98dd223e7c8f
    
      Intel IA-32 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   226106 304f32b84e6497612222a26c9dc5c1fd
    
      Intel IA-64 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   313888 522c58c4d2fecb99424533c4980d1409
    
      HP Precision architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   252054 aa50a00ebb6d5c304ec94bbf1e65a2c9
    
      Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   216922 d11c3c10e70fb1593ce15c2b6c3863be
    
      Big endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   252064 6b944b4c04f4488ea380063bdf3324ad
    
      Little endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   250914 87afee172cf73ed91ad0449fadd9bb4b
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   243450 9c77e9860e1044bc4c7b9a7b054e8a4d
    
      IBM S/390 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   232784 96242f88c593319e0d3fddef928c47d2
    
      Sun Sparc architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gv/gv_3.5.8-26.1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   237798 e5091427da6e76dbb9bb34cf03e94647
    
    
      These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
      its next revision.
    
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    For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
    For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
    Mailing list: debian-security-announceat_private
    Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/>
    
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