RHEL 8 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:7053)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 185678

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for ghostscript.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7053 advisory.

- ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (CVE-2023-4042)

- ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)

- ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS (CVE-2023-38559)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL ghostscript package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7053.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?819248f8

http://www.nessus.org/u?97b17fab

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184585

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 185678

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7053.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28879

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgs-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28879, CVE-2023-38559, CVE-2023-4042

CWE: 125, 787

IAVB: 2023-B-0023-S, 2023-B-0041-S, 2023-B-0070-S

RHSA: 2023:7053