CentOS 3 / 4 : ghostscript (CESA-2009:0420)

high Nessus Plugin ID 36155

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0345 did not address all possible integer overflow flaws in Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format library (icclib). Using specially crafted ICC profiles, an attacker could create a malicious PostScript or PDF file with embedded images that could cause Ghostscript to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0792)

A missing boundary check was found in Ghostscript's CCITTFax decoding filter. An attacker could create a specially crafted PostScript or PDF file that could cause Ghostscript to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2007-6725)

Users of ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected ghostscript packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36155

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-0420.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 4/15/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hpijs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6725, CVE-2009-0583, CVE-2009-0792

BID: 34184, 34337

CWE: 119, 189

RHSA: 2009:0420

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