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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Ghostscript regression (USN-3272-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100247

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3272-2 advisory.

 USN-3272-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This change introduced a regression when the DELAYBIND feature is used with the eqproc command. This update fixes the problem.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.

 Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to

 the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to

 craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,

 thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial

 of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)

 Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the

 color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this

 to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)

 Kamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan

 conversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause

 a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)

 Kamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in

 Ghostscript. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of service

 (application crash). (CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3272-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100247

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3272-2.nasl

Version: 3.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2017

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript-x, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9-common

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2017

Reference Information

USN: 3272-2