In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter, after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server).

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

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 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via     crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter,     after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs     command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server). (CVE-2023-43115)

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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6732 advisory.

    - fix for CVE-2023-43115
    - 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-c2665a9ff3 advisory.

    fix for CVE-2023-43115 (#2241112)

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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6732 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: GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents     (CVE-2023-43115)

    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.

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.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6265 advisory.

    - fix for CVE-2023-43115

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 AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:6265 advisory.

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via     crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter,     after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs     command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server). (CVE-2023-43115)

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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6265 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: GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents     (CVE-2023-43115)

    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.

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5868 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: GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents     (CVE-2023-43115)

    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.

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.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6433-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PDF documents. If a user or automated     system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to     execute arbitrary code.

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 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-66d60c3df7 advisory.

    fix for CVE-2023-43115 (#2241112)

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 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-2023:3984-1 advisory.

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via     crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter,     after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs     command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server). (CVE-2023-43115)

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-2023:3938-1 advisory.

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via     crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter,     after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs     command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server). (CVE-2023-43115)

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-362 advisory.

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via     crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter,     after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs     command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server). (CVE-2023-43115)

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
196514	RHEL 6 : ghostscript (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
188589	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-3297)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188510	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-3211)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188398	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-3176)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188143	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-3329)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
185890	Oracle Linux 9 : ghostscript (ELSA-2023-6732)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
185250	Fedora 39 : ghostscript (2023-c2665a9ff3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
185114	RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:6732)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
184381	Oracle Linux 9 : ghostscript (ELSA-2023-6265)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
184351	AlmaLinux 9 : ghostscript (ALSA-2023:6265)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
184202	RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:6265)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
183377	RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:5868)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
183231	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : Ghostscript vulnerability (USN-6433-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
183093	Fedora 38 : ghostscript (2023-66d60c3df7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
182671	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:3984-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
182498	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:3938-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
182459	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2023-362)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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