Debian dla-3519 : ghostscript - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179419

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3519 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3519-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk August 07, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : ghostscript Version : 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8 CVE ID : CVE-2023-38559 Debian Bug : 1043033

A buffer overflow in devn_pcx_write_rle() has been fixed in Ghostsciprt, an interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

For the detailed security status of ghostscript please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ghostscript

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the ghostscript packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179419

File Name: debian_DLA-3519.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/7/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38559

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:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-x, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9, 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: 8/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38559

IAVB: 2023-B-0070-S

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