Oracle Linux 7 : ghostscript (ELSA-2018-2918)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118125

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-2918 advisory.

- Added security fixes for:
- CVE-2018-16509 (bug #1621156)
- CVE-2018-15910 (bug #1621157)
- CVE-2018-16542 (bug #1621380)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-2918.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118125

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-2918.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2018

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16509

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-doc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-cups, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Ghostscript Failed Restore Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10194, CVE-2018-15910, CVE-2018-16509, CVE-2018-16542

RHSA: 2018:2918