CVE-2008-6679

Name	CVE-2008-6679
Description	Buffer overflow in the BaseFont writer module in Ghostscript 8.62, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ps2pdf crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2080-1
Debian Bugs	524803, 561717

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ghostscript (PTS)	bullseye	9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7	fixed
	bullseye (security)	9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11	fixed
	bookworm	10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7	fixed
	bookworm (security)	10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8	fixed
	trixie (security), trixie	10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1	fixed
	forky, sid	10.06.0~dfsg-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
ghostscript	source	lenny	8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4		DSA-2080-1
ghostscript	source	(unstable)	8.64~dfsg-1	medium		524803
gs-gpl	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	medium		561717