An issue was discovered in pdf/pdf_xref.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is a buffer overflow during handling of a PDF XRef stream (related to W array values).

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7103-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS files. An attacker could use     this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2024-46951, CVE-2024-46953, CVE-2024-46955, CVE-2024-46956)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF files. An attacker could use     this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary     code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-46952)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS files. An attacker could use     this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass file path     validation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-46954)

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.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5808 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5808-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     November 11, 2024                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : ghostscript     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-46951 CVE-2024-46952 CVE-2024-46953 CVE-2024-46955                      CVE-2024-46956

    Multiple security issues were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL     PostScript/PDF interpreter, which could result in denial of service and     potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed document files     are processed.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6.

    We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

    For the detailed security status of ghostscript please refer to its     security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ghostscript

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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
210776	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-7103-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
210742	Debian dsa-5808 : ghostscript - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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