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.

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The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 8.70-24.30. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1835 advisory.

  - 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 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 version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.25-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2258 advisory.

  - 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 this issue 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
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
181847	Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-1835)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
181846	Debian DLA-3582-1 : ghostscript - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
181704	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-2258)	Nessus	Amazon Linux 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

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