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SuSE 10 Security Update : Ghostscript (ZYPP Patch Number 4984)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31321

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow was fixed in the ghostscript interpreter, which potentially could be used to execute code or at least crash ghostscript. (CVE-2008-0411)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 4984.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0411.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31321

File Name: suse_ghostscript-fonts-other-4984.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0411

CWE: 119