CVE-2009-4897

NameCVE-2009-4897
DescriptionBuffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document containing a long name.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2093-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ghostscript (PTS)bullseye9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7fixed
bullseye (security)9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11fixed
bookworm10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7fixed
bookworm (security)10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8fixed
trixie10.05.1~dfsg-1fixed
trixie (security)10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1fixed
forky10.05.1~dfsg-3fixed
sid10.06.0~dfsg-3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ghostscriptsourcelenny8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny5DSA-2093-1
ghostscriptsource(unstable)8.70~dfsg-1
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