CVE-2010-2055 | BDVDB-2026-42653 Detail
Description#
Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.osvdb.org/66247
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40532
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
- http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40452
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40475
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.