Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801269
Category:	General
Title:	Ghostscript Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary:	Ghostscript is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Ghostscript is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to Off-by-one error in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in Ghostscript that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a malformed TrueType font in a document. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation allows the attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Affected Software/OS: Ghostscript versions prior to 8.71 Solution: Upgrade to Ghostscript version 8.71 or later. CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3743 Bugtraq: 20101125 TSSA-2010-01 Ghostscript library Ins_MINDEX() integer overflow and heap corruption (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514892/100/0/threaded CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#644319 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/644319 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JALR-87YGN8 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0095 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024785
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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