VDB-53273 · CVE-2010-1628 · BID 40107

Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.70 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Artifex Gpl Ghostscript 8.70 (Document Processing Software). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 05/19/2010 by Dan Rosenberg (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1628. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/14/2021).

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48358 (Fedora 12 : ghostscript-8.71-7.fc12 (2010-11376)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120132 (Solaris Multiple Vulnerabilities in Ghostscript).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (48358). See 51229 and 53158 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 48358
Nessus Name: Fedora 12 : ghostscript-8.71-7.fc12 (2010-11376)
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OpenVAS ID: 67848
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2093-1 (ghostscript)
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05/12/2010 +13 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1674 days 🔍
09/14/2021 +2370 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: artifex.com

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Researcher: Dan Rosenberg
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-1628 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 26495 - Ghostscript 8.64 and 8.70 Infinite Recursion Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via a PostScript File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 40107 - Ghostscript PostScript Infinite Recursion Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 39753

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/14/2021 01:30
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (60), 03/01/2017 10:02 (13), 09/14/2021 01:22 (3), 09/14/2021 01:30 (1)
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