Detections
Analytics
Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2024-774)
high Nessus Plugin ID 212341
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-774 advisory.PS interpreter - check the type of the Pattern Implementation
NOTE: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707991NOTE: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f49812186baa7d1362880673408a6fbe8719b4f8NOTE:
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=ada21374f0c90cc3acf7ce0e96302394560c7aee (ghostpdl-10.04.0) (CVE-2024-46951)
PDF interpreter - sanitise W array values in Xref streams
NOTE: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708001NOTE: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=b1f0827c30f59a2dcbc8a39e42cace7a1de35f7fNOTE:
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=1fb76aaddac34530242dfbb9579d9997dae41264 (ghostpdl-10.04.0) (CVE-2024-46952)
Check for overflow validating format string
NOTE: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707793NOTE: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=1f21a45df0fa3abec4cff12951022b192dda3c00NOTE:
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=294a3755e33f453dd92e2a7c4cfceb087ac09d6a (ghostpdl-10.04.0) (CVE-2024-46953)
PostScript interpreter - fix buffer length check
NOTE: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707895NOTE: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6caNOTE:
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=ea69a1388245ad959d31c272b5ba66d40cebba2c (ghostpdl-10.04.0) (CVE-2024-46956)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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
Run 'dnf update ghostscript --releasever 2023.6.20241209' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-46951.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-46952.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-46953.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 212341
File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-774.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 12/11/2024
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libgs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libgs-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-x11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libgs-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-46951, CVE-2024-46952, CVE-2024-46953, CVE-2024-46956
IAVB: 2024-B-0170