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Fedora 27 : ghostscript (2018-28447b6f2e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117372

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2018-10194, CVE-2018-15909, and additional CVEs.

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Solution

Update the affected ghostscript package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-28447b6f2e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117372

File Name: fedora_2018-28447b6f2e.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2018

Updated: 8/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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-2018-16540

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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ghostscript, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10194, CVE-2018-15909, CVE-2018-15911, CVE-2018-16539, CVE-2018-16540, CVE-2018-16541, CVE-2018-16542