Fedora 29 : ghostscript (2019-1a2c059afd)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123534

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Security fix for CVE-2019-3835 CVE-2019-3838

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Solution

Update the affected ghostscript package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-1a2c059afd

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123534

File Name: fedora_2019-1a2c059afd.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/1/2019

Updated: 6/7/2024

Supported Sensors: 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:fedoraproject:fedora:ghostscript, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3835, CVE-2019-3838