CVE-2010-1628

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2010-05-11
Bugzilla:
592492: CVE-2010-1628 ghostscript: internal stack overflow due to recursive calls

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Ghostscript 8.64, 8.70, and possibly other versions allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file containing unlimited recursive procedure invocations, which trigger memory corruption in the stack of the interpreter.

Find out more about CVE-2010-1628 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ghostscript Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ghostscript Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ghostscript Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ghostscript Not affected

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