Date: 15 September 2009
References: ESB-2009.0259 ESB-2009.0317 ESB-2009.0357 AA-2009.0107
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.0620 -- [Solaris][OpenSolaris]
Solaris Ghostscript (GS(1)): Execute Arbitrary Code
15 September 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Solaris Ghostscript (GS(1))
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
OpenSolaris
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2007-6725 CVE-2008-6679 CVE-2009-0196
CVE-2009-0583 CVE-2009-0584 CVE-2009-0792
Ref: ESB-2009.0357
AA-2009.0107
ESB-2009.0259
ESB-2009.0317
Original Bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-262288-1
Revision History: September 15 2009: Sun updated this advisory with
resolutions for Solaris 9
June 29 2009: Initial Release
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Solution Type Sun Alert
Solution 262288 : Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Solaris
Ghostscript (GS(1)) May lead to Denial of Service
(DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary Code
Bug ID: 6830965, 6837966, 6837974, 6841014
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System
Solaris 10 Operating System
OpenSolaris
Date of Workaround Release: 24-Jun-2009
Date of Resolved Release: 14-Sep-2009
SA Document Body
Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Solaris Ghostscript (GS(1)) May lead
to Denial of Service (DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary Code
1. Impact
Multiple security vulnerabilities exist in Ghostscript(GS(1)), an
interpreter for the PostScript and PDF language. Ghostscript is bundled in
Solaris 9 and 10.
These issues may allow local or remote unprivileged users to supply
specially crafted PostScript or PDF files, thereby causing a Denial of
Service (DoS) condition to applications using the Ghostscript interpreter,
or lead to execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running Ghostscript.
Additional information regarding these issues is available at:
CVE-2007-6725 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6725
CVE-2008-6679 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6679
CVE-2009-0196 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0196
CVE-2009-0583 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0583
CVE-2009-0584 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0584
CVE-2009-0792 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0792
2. Contributing Factors
These issues can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 9
* Solaris 10 without patch 122259-02
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_114
x86 Platform
* Solaris 9
* Solaris 10 without patch 122260-02
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_114
Note: Solaris 8 does not include support for Ghostscript and therefore is
not impacted by these issues.
OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes above and beyond
the build from which it was derived. The base build can be derived as
follows:
$ uname -v
snv_86
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate these issues have
been exploited.
4. Workaround
Until patches are available, users should avoid processing PostScript and
PDF files from untrusted sources.
5. Resolution
These issues are addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 9 with patch 115835-04 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 122259-02 or later
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_115 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 9 with patch 115836-04 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 122260-02 or later
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_115 or later
A final resolution is pending completion for Solaris 9.
For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction
ID 213557.
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