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.

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

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ghostscript-9.54.0-13.el9 build changelog.

  - 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

  - 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 Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data     internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and     TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an     escaped character, two bytes are written. (CVE-2023-28879)

  - 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 Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data     internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and     TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an     escaped character, two bytes are written. (CVE-2023-28879)

  - 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 Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7053 advisory.

    - fix for CVE-2023-4042
    - fix for CVE-2023-38559
    - fix for CVE-2023-28879

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

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

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6544 advisory.

    - fix for CVE-2023-38559
    - fix for CVE-2023-36664

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7053 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: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)

    * ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS     (CVE-2023-38559)

    * ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (CVE-2023-4042)

    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 8.9 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2023:7053 advisory.

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data     internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and     TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an     escaped character, two bytes are written. (CVE-2023-28879)

  - 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)

  - A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in     RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as     shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. (CVE-2023-4042)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6544 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: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)

    * ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS     (CVE-2023-38559)

    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 9.3 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Artifex Ghostscript prior to 10.2.0 due to a flaw found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle(). 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.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3439-1 advisory.

  - 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1 advisory.

  - 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 this issue 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.

    2024-02-15: CVE-2020-21710 was added to this 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)

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

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 ALAS2-2023-2204 advisory.

    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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 8.70-24.29. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1801 advisory.

    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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6297-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled outputting certain PDF files. A local attacker     could potentially use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-d0ef677e6f advisory.

    fix for CVE-2023-38559 (#2225380)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-cba4a3a00f advisory.

    fix for CVE-2023-38559 (#2225380)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3519 advisory.

  - 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 this issue 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
191328	CentOS 9 : ghostscript-9.54.0-13.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
188976	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2895)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188960	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2785)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188931	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2809)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188823	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-3126)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
188778	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2876)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188748	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.0 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-3430)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
186114	Oracle Linux 8 : ghostscript (ELSA-2023-7053)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
185826	Oracle Linux 9 : ghostscript (ELSA-2023-6544)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
185678	RHEL 8 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:7053)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
185638	CentOS 8 : ghostscript (CESA-2023:7053)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
185105	RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:6544)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
181614	Artifex Ghostscript < 10.2.0 Buffer Overflow	Nessus	Windows	medium
180308	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:3439-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
180297	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
180120	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2023-296)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
180090	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-2204)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
180068	Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-1801)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
179940	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Ghostscript vulnerability (USN-6297-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
179896	Fedora 37 : ghostscript (2023-d0ef677e6f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
179709	Fedora 38 : ghostscript (2023-cba4a3a00f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
179419	Debian DLA-3519-1 : ghostscript - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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