Gv Security Vulnerabilities - February

CVE-2006-5864

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps.c for GNU gv 3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the (1) DocumentMedia, (2) Docum...

CVE-2010-2056

GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.