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Debian DSA-4288-1 : ghostscript - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 117369

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilites in Ghostscript, an interpreter for the PostScript language, which could result in denial of service, the creation of files or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Postscript file is processed (despite the dSAFER sandbox being enabled).

Solution

Upgrade the ghostscript packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ghostscript

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117369

File Name: debian_DSA-4288.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2018

Updated: 8/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16585

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15908, CVE-2018-15910, CVE-2018-15911, CVE-2018-16511, CVE-2018-16513, CVE-2018-16539, CVE-2018-16540, CVE-2018-16541, CVE-2018-16542, CVE-2018-16543, CVE-2018-16585

DSA: 4288