Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2025-1967)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 234705

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 8.70-24.34. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2025-1967 advisory.

The calculation of the buffer size was being done with int values, and overflowing that data type. The bug has existed since the creation of the file contrib/japanese/gdevnpdl.cThe calculation of the buffer size was being done with int values, and overflowing that data type. By leaving the total size calculation to the memory manager, the calculation ends up being done in size_t values, and avoiding the overflow in this case, but also meaning the memory manager overflow protection will be effective.

Fixed in ghostpdl-10.05.0

Info: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708133Patch: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=57291c846334f1585552010faa42d7cb2cbd5c41 (CVE-2025-27832)

Potential print buffer overflow. Fixed in ghostpdl-10.05.0 by implementing stricter buffer length validation.

Info: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708192Patch: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi- bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=8b6d19b2b4079da6863ef25f2370f25d4b054919 (ghostpdl-10.05.0) (CVE-2025-27836)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 234705

File Name: ala_ALAS-2025-1967.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/22/2025

Updated: 4/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27832, CVE-2025-27836

IAVB: 2025-B-0043

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