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AlmaLinux 9 : ghostscript (ALSA-2023:5459)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182693

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:5459 advisory.

 - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5459.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182693

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-5459.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 10/6/2023

Updated: 10/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36664

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:alma:linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgs-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36664

CWE: 78

IAVB: 2023-B-0041-S