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RHEL 5 : ghostscript (Unpatched Vulnerability)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 198835

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 5 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

 - ghostscript: /invalidaccess bypass after failed restore (699654) (CVE-2018-16509)

 - ghostscript: Improperly implemented security check in zsetdevice function in psi/zdevice.c (CVE-2018-19409)

 - The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the -dSAFER argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file. (CVE-2013-5653)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 198835

File Name: redhat_unpatched_ghostscript-rhel5.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 6/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16509

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19409

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2013

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/14/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Ghostscript Failed Restore Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5653, CVE-2015-3228, CVE-2016-10217, CVE-2016-10218, CVE-2016-10219, CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2016-10317, CVE-2016-7977, CVE-2016-7979, CVE-2016-8602, CVE-2017-11714, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207, CVE-2017-7885, CVE-2017-8291, CVE-2017-8908, CVE-2017-9216, CVE-2017-9610, CVE-2017-9611, CVE-2017-9612, CVE-2017-9618, CVE-2017-9619, CVE-2017-9620, CVE-2017-9726, CVE-2017-9727, CVE-2017-9739, CVE-2017-9740, CVE-2017-9835, CVE-2018-10194, CVE-2018-11645, CVE-2018-15908, CVE-2018-15909, CVE-2018-15910, CVE-2018-15911, CVE-2018-16509, CVE-2018-16511, CVE-2018-16539, CVE-2018-16540, CVE-2018-16541, CVE-2018-16542, CVE-2018-17183, CVE-2018-17961, CVE-2018-18073, CVE-2018-18284, CVE-2018-19134, CVE-2018-19409, CVE-2018-19475, CVE-2018-19476, CVE-2018-19477, CVE-2018-19478, CVE-2019-3835, CVE-2019-3838, CVE-2019-6116