Artifex Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 117459

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a library that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Artifex Ghostscript installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 9.24. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities due to improperly handling PostScript data. A context-dependent attacker could cause a buffer overflow, potentially crashing the service.

Solution

Update to 9.24.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117459

File Name: ghostscript_9_24.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/12/2018

Updated: 4/27/2020

Supported Sensors: 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:/a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript, cpe:/a:artifex:ghostscript

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Ghostscript

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15908, CVE-2018-15909, 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

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