[SECURITY] [DSA 179-1] New gnome-gv packages fix buffer overflow

From: Martin Schulze (joeyat_private)
Date: Fri Oct 18 2002 - 07:00:26 PDT

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 179-1                     securityat_private
    http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
    October 18th, 2002                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : gnome-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.  The same code is present in gnome-gv.  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 1.1.96-3.1 for the current
    stable distribution (woody), in version 0.82-2.1 for the old stable
    distribution (potato) and version 1.99.7-9 for the unstable
    distribution (sid).
    
    We recommend that you upgrade your gnome-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/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      807 82140169547f88c38b9965be1bc9a69c
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:     8494 103905f14d882282d0e976a29111bbb2
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:   369538 c4542420f0f7aeafea6764718b398341
    
      Alpha architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   145076 05ebc47d64924740b4a6efced375ed00
    
      ARM architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   131928 44f502cc48717739484999b677b23e52
    
      Intel IA-32 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   131118 7d2712b05b78e757568efabee83c9bc0
    
      Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   126710 38225171738cca0d10b9c1f91313ad0d
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   132002 b3208e369afc8754480f80f6aa2b11c5
    
      Sun Sparc architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_0.82-2.1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   136274 156b99fa91b627e91f5e2c3dde50ffc7
    
    
    Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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      Source archives:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      831 4f3c53098ca78e9532f62778f0cf3b0a
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:    23903 b33d66f44f186f88829a0537da99d549
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:   742271 5d80db150adb4bfc5398d8a90ee2f9dd
    
      Alpha architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   340232 87adcdb4e9ef30d25b95734555f3c134
    
      ARM architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   325244 4a5e426144987c2ab8372976ef65c34e
    
      Intel IA-32 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   320834 73fc7baeba28750356b628eac22e7ec7
    
      Intel IA-64 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   380740 e814ebf7089f0717e8d86912ed38cf4b
    
      HP Precision architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   345956 f9bfa25c891ea680d15e2c68498ba7cc
    
      Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   314324 dfee84b168b5acc1f2ae7239f7d07f28
    
      Big endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   316934 fc8f5c0c4c71b69acce97f7666187f27
    
      Little endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   315270 4d65c8f3619a14e4f0e8df6e8a3c897b
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   322280 4cf75a0c3f3ba1cc625ee6a13009f43a
    
      IBM S/390 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   321032 60c0866b15e838f97fcdb11380d94aea
    
      Sun Sparc architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnome-gv/gnome-gv_1.1.96-3.1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   342248 52513f97ca364ed7978f8050a19c4ef2
    
    
      These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
      its next revision.
    
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    For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
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    Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/>
    
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