Debian dla-4118 : ghostscript - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 233980

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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-4118 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4118-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk April 07, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : ghostscript Version : 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u10 CVE ID : CVE-2025-27830 CVE-2025-27831 CVE-2025-27832 CVE-2025-27835 CVE-2025-27836

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

CVE-2025-27830

Buffer overflow via serialization of DollarBlend

CVE-2025-27831

Unicode decoding overrun

CVE-2025-27832

Integer overflow leading to buffer overflow

CVE-2025-27835

Confusion between bytes and shorts

CVE-2025-27836

Buffer overflow in bj10v device

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u10.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 233980

File Name: debian_DLA-4118.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/7/2025

Updated: 4/7/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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: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: 4/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27830, CVE-2025-27831, CVE-2025-27832, CVE-2025-27835, CVE-2025-27836

IAVB: 2025-B-0043

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