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RHEL 2.1 : ghostscript (RHSA-2002:123)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12302

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated packages are available for GNU Ghostscript, which fix a vulnerability found during PostScript interpretation.

Ghostscript is a program for displaying PostScript files or printing them to non-PostScript printers.

An untrusted PostScript file can cause ghostscript to execute arbitrary commands due to insufficient checking. Since GNU Ghostscript is often used during the course of printing a document (and is run as user 'lp'), all users should install these fixed packages.

The problem is fixed in the 6.53 source release of GNU Ghostscript, and the fix has been backported and applied to the packages referenced by this advisory.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2002-0363 to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected ghostscript package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-0363

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002:123

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12302

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2002-123.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0363

RHSA: 2002:123