{"vuid":"VU#352825","idnumber":"352825","name":"GNU gv buffer overflow vulnerability","keywords":["GNU gv","buffer overflow","boundary error","ps_gettext( )","ps.c"],"overview":"A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNU gv viewer application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.","clean_desc":"From the GNU gv website: GNU gv allows to view and navigate through PostScript and PDF documents on an X display by providing a user interface for the ghostscript interpreter. gv is a improved derivation of Timothy O. Theisen's Ghostview developed by Johannes Plass. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNU gv viewer. An attacker may be able to trigger the overflow by convincing a user to open a specially-crafted PostScript file. Note that GNU gv  is maintained and packaged by many vendors. Please see the systems affected portion of this document for a list of vendors who distribute GNU gv.","impact":"A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute code with the privileges of the user running GNU gv.","resolution":"Upgrade\nApply an upgrade. See the systems affected portion of this document for information about specific vendors.","workarounds":"Do not execute GNU gv with root privileges Using a non-privileged user account to launch GNU gv may mitigate the impact of this vulnerability.","sysaffected":"","thanks":"This vulnerability was publicly reported by Renaud Lifchitz.","author":"This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.","public":["http://secunia.com/advisories/22787/","http://secunia.com/advisories/23018/","http://secunia.com/advisories/23006/"],"cveids":["CVE-2006-5864"],"certadvisory":"","uscerttechnicalalert":null,"datecreated":"2006-11-21T20:26:10Z","publicdate":"2006-11-09T00:00:00Z","datefirstpublished":"2006-11-28T16:08:32Z","dateupdated":"2006-12-01T20:42:33Z","revision":44,"vrda_d1_directreport":"0","vrda_d1_population":"2","vrda_d1_impact":"3","cam_widelyknown":"15","cam_exploitation":"0","cam_internetinfrastructure":"2","cam_population":"4","cam_impact":"8","cam_easeofexploitation":"2","cam_attackeraccessrequired":"5","cam_scorecurrent":"0.102","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknown":"0.132","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknownexploited":"0.252","ipprotocol":"","cvss_accessvector":"","cvss_accesscomplexity":"","cvss_authentication":null,"cvss_confidentialityimpact":"","cvss_integrityimpact":"","cvss_availabilityimpact":"","cvss_exploitablity":null,"cvss_remediationlevel":"","cvss_reportconfidence":"","cvss_collateraldamagepotential":"","cvss_targetdistribution":"","cvss_securityrequirementscr":"","cvss_securityrequirementsir":"","cvss_securityrequirementsar":"","cvss_basescore":"","cvss_basevector":"","cvss_temporalscore":"","cvss_environmentalscore":"","cvss_environmentalvector":"","metric":0.102,"vulnote":null}