A divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2966 advisory.

    * ghostscript: Divide by zero in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c (CVE-2020-21710)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-2966 advisory.

    [9.27-12]
    - fix to prevent divison by zero in devices
    - Resolves: rhbz#2235009

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2966 advisory.

    The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript     translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

    Security Fix(es):

    * ghostscript: Divide by zero in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c (CVE-2020-21710)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.25-5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2308 advisory.

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c of Artifex Software GhostScript     v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in     v9.51. (CVE-2020-16294)

  - A divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file. (CVE-2020-21710)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 8.70-24.32. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1853 advisory.

  - A divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file. (CVE-2020-21710)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3582 advisory.

  - A divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file. (CVE-2020-21710)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.50     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact(s) via opening of crafted     PDF document. (CVE-2020-21890)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6364-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-21710)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21890)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-296 advisory.

  - A divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file. (CVE-2020-21710)

  - A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This     issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN     device with gs. (CVE-2023-38559)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
200564	Rocky Linux 8 : ghostscript (RLSA-2024:2966)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
198011	Oracle Linux 8 : ghostscript (ELSA-2024-2966)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
197778	RHEL 8 : ghostscript (RHSA-2024:2966)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
196587	RHEL 7 : ghostscript (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
196514	RHEL 6 : ghostscript (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
183479	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-2308)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
182708	Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-1853)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
181846	Debian DLA-3582-1 : ghostscript - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
181362	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-6364-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
180120	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2023-296)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium

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