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RHEL 7 : ghostscript (RHSA-2018:3650)
high Nessus Plugin ID 119168
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for ghostscript.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3650 advisory.- ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657) (CVE-2018-15908)
- ghostscript: shading_param incomplete type checking (699660) (CVE-2018-15909)
- ghostscript: missing type check in type checker (699659) (CVE-2018-16511)
- ghostscript: incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files (699658) (CVE-2018-16539)
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 RHEL ghostscript package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3650.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1c88c7b8
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619756
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1621359
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 119168
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3650.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/27/2018
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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-2018-16511
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-15908, CVE-2018-15909, CVE-2018-16511, CVE-2018-16539