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Debian dla-3965 : ghostscript - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 211778

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3965 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3965-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk November 24, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : ghostscript Version : 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9 CVE ID : CVE-2024-46951 CVE-2024-46953 CVE-2024-46955 CVE-2024-46956

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in the PostScript/PDF interpreter Ghostscript.

 CVE-2024-46951

 PS interpreter unchecked pointer

 CVE-2024-46953

 output filename format string integer overflow

 CVE-2024-46955

 PS interpreter out-of-bounds

 CVE-2024-46956

 PS interpreter out-of-bounds

 For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9.

 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

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the ghostscript packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46951

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46953

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46955

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46956

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/ghostscript

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211778

File Name: debian_DLA-3965.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2024

Updated: 11/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-46956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-x, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9, 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: 11/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46951, CVE-2024-46953, CVE-2024-46955, CVE-2024-46956

IAVB: 2024-B-0170