Check Point Advisories

GhostScript PostScript Parser Stack Overflow (CVE-2010-1869)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-078
Date Published: 11 May 2010
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 30 March, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-1869
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description GhostScript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and the Portable Document Format (PDF). A stack overflow vulnerability has been discovered in GhostScript. The vulnerability is within the parser function of GhostScript. A remote attacker may exploit this issue via a specially crafted PostScript file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on a target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malformed PostScript files.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70 / R65

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the GhostScript PostScript Parser Stack Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  GhostScript PostScript parser stack overflow

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