53492 : Ghostscript jbig2dec Library PDF File Handling Overflow
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Timeline
Vendor Informed Date Vendor Ack Date Disclosure Date
2009-03-26 2009-04-02 2009-04-09
Time to Vendor Response
7 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-0196" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.

Classification

 Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-04-16 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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2009/04/15 17:00:57 | Oracle Issues Enterprise Linux Security Advisories

from: Infosecurity.US

Oracle Corporation (NasdaqGS: ORCL ) has announced multiple Security Advisories targeting the database giant’s  Oracle Enterprise Linux operating ... CVE-2009-0196 (bug #493379). — Enterprise Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2009-0420 https://rhn.redhat.com

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