Debian DSA-5578-1 : ghostscript - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 187033

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5578 advisory.

It was discovered that Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, does not properly handle errors in the gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() function, which could result in the execution of arbitrary commands if malformed document files are processed. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3. 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

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.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187033

File Name: debian_DSA-5578.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/15/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46751

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:libgs-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs10-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-x, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, 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: 12/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46751

IAVB: 2023-B-0097-S

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