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Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2024-2708)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213351

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.54.0-9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2708 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)

 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 'yum update ghostscript' 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-2024-46953.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-46956.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2708.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213351

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2708.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/23/2024

Updated: 12/23/2024

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: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-cups, 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

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-2024-46953, CVE-2024-46956

IAVB: 2024-B-0170