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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : ghostscript, gs-gpl vulnerabilities (USN-743-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 36471
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple integer overflows in its ICC color management library. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0583)It was discovered that Ghostscript did not properly perform bounds checking in its ICC color management library. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted Postscript file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0584).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36471
File Name: ubuntu_USN-743-1.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript-x, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gs-aladdin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gs-esp-x, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs-esp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gs-esp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gs-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gs-gpl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0583, CVE-2009-0584
BID: 34184