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CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : ghostscript (CESA-2008:0155)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 31302
Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated ghostscript packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Ghostscript is a program for displaying PostScript files, or printing them to non-PostScript printers.
Chris Evans from the Google Security Team reported a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in Ghostscript's zseticcspace() function. An attacker could create a malicious PostScript file that would cause Ghostscript to execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2008-0411)
These updated packages also fix a bug, which prevented the pxlmono printer driver from producing valid output on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
All users of ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected ghostscript packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?c8cedd03
http://www.nessus.org/u?09b46b86
http://www.nessus.org/u?76de8ee6
http://www.nessus.org/u?298a9a51
http://www.nessus.org/u?f80a7157
http://www.nessus.org/u?a0fc12bd
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 31302
File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0155.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 2/28/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-gtk, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2008
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0411
BID: 28017