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Fedora 9 : ghostscript-8.63-3.fc9 (2009-3710)
high Nessus Plugin ID 36166
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update fixes several security flaws: CVE-2009-0792 (multiple integer overflows and missing upper-bounds checks in icclib), CVE-2009-0196 (missing boundary check in jbig2dec library), and CVE-2008-6679 (buffer overflow in pdfwrite device).Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected ghostscript package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491853
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493379
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36166
File Name: fedora_2009-3710.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/16/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ghostscript, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-6679, CVE-2009-0196, CVE-2009-0583, CVE-2009-0792