Debian DSA-4569-1 : ghostscript - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 131036

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Synopsis

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

Description

Manfred Paul and Lukas Schauer reported that the .charkeys 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+deb9u6.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131036

File Name: debian_DSA-4569.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/15/2019

Updated: 8/21/2020

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2019-14869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14869

DSA: 4569

IAVB: 2019-B-0081-S

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