| Name | CVE-2009-4897 |
| Description | Buffer 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2093-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u9 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u12 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u8 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 10.04.0~dfsg-1 | 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.1-3.2lenny5 | DSA-2093-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 8.70~dfsg-1 |