| 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 |
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 | 10.05.1~dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky | 10.05.1~dfsg-3 | fixed | |
| 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 |