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AlmaLinux 9 : ghostscript (ALSA-2024:6197)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 206607
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:6197 advisory.* ghostscript: format string injection leads to shell command execution (SAFER bypass) (CVE-2024-29510)
* ghostscript: path traversal and command execution due to path reduction (CVE-2024-33869)
* ghostscript: path traversal to arbitrary files if the current directory is in the permitted paths (CVE-2024-33870)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.
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 affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 206607
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-6197.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 9/4/2024
Updated: 11/8/2024
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-33870
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/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/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2024
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Ghostscript Command Execution via Format String)