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[help-gv] [Fwd: [Bug 215136] New: CVE-2006-5864: gv <= 3.6.2 stack-based


From: Orion Poplawski
Subject: [help-gv] [Fwd: [Bug 215136] New: CVE-2006-5864: gv <= 3.6.2 stack-based buffer overflow]
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:36:13 -0700
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Anyone have a fix for this?

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215136

           Summary: CVE-2006-5864: gv <= 3.6.2 stack-based buffer overflow
           Product: Fedora Extras
           Version: fc6
          Platform: All
               URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-5864
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: normal
         Component: gv
        AssignedTo: address@hidden
        ReportedBy: address@hidden
         QAContact: address@hidden
                CC: address@hidden,fedora-security-
                    address@hidden


http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-5864

"Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps.c for GNU gv
3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long
comments, as demonstrated using the DocumentMedia header."

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