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Oracle Linux 7 : ghostscript (ELSA-2019-0229)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121523

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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-2019-0229 advisory.

 - Related: #1667442 - CVE-2019-6116 - added missing parts of patch
 - Resolves: #1667442 - CVE-2019-6116 ghostscript: subroutines within pseudo-operators must themselves be pseudo-operators
 - Resolves: #1657333 - CVE-2018-16540 ghostscript: use-after-free in copydevice handling (699661)
 - Resolves: #1660569 - CVE-2018-19475 ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zdevice2.c (700153)
 - Resolves: #1660828 - CVE-2018-19476 ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zicc.c

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-2019-0229.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121523

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0229.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2019

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/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/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16540, CVE-2018-19475, CVE-2018-19476, CVE-2018-19477, CVE-2019-6116

RHSA: 2019:0229