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EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2021-2135)
high Nessus Plugin ID 151895
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.Description
According to the versions of the ghostscript package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScriptinterpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, whichimplements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) andan interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Ghostscripttranslates PostScript code into many common, bitmapped formats, likethose understood by your printer or screen. Ghostscript is normallyused to display PostScript files and to print PostScript files tonon-PostScript printers.If you need to display PostScript files or print them tonon-PostScript printers, you should install ghostscript. If youinstall ghostscript, you also need to install the ghostscript-fontspackage.Security Fix(es):The Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.(CVE-2017-9726)The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.(CVE-2017-9727)The Ins_JMPR function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.(CVE-2017-9739)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected ghostscript packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 151895
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2021-2135.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 7/21/2021
Updated: 12/7/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9739
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:ghostscript, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.2.2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2021