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Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-1801)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180068

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 8.70-24.29. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1801 advisory.

 A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN device with gs. (CVE-2023-38559)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update ghostscript' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1801.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38559.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180068

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1801.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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:amazon:linux:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38559

IAVB: 2023-B-0070-S