Debian DSA-4499-1 : ghostscript - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 127823

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Netanel reported that the .buildfont1 procedure in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, does not properly restrict privileged calls, which could result in bypass of file system restrictions of the dSAFER sandbox.

Solution

Upgrade the ghostscript packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u4.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127823

File Name: debian_DSA-4499.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/13/2019

Updated: 8/21/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2019-10216

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10216

DSA: 4499

IAVB: 2019-B-0081-S

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