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RHEL 7 : ghostscript (RHSA-2019:0633)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 123056
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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-2019:0633 advisory.- ghostscript: superexec operator is available (700585) (CVE-2019-3835)
- ghostscript: forceput in DefineResource is still accessible (700576) (CVE-2019-3838)
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-2019:0633.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?7bc8430c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0633
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 123056
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-0633.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/25/2019
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3838
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-gtk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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: 3/21/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-3835, CVE-2019-3838