CVE-2015-3228
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-11 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 05:39
Severity ?
Summary
Integer overflow in the gs_heap_alloc_bytes function in base/gsmalloc.c in Ghostscript 9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Postscript (ps) file, as demonstrated by using the ps2pdf command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696041
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696070
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0c0b0859
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/14
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3326
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76017
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033149
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2697-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232805
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-33
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696041
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696070
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0c0b0859
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/14
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3326
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76017
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033149
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2697-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232805
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-33
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