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.

Detections

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RHEL 8 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:7053)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 185678

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Dec 15, 2023, 10:12 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202312151012
Version 1.0 Nov 15, 2023, 4:54 AM New Plugin Feed: 202311150454