SuSE9 Security Update : Ghostscript (YOU Patch Number 12074)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41196

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 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 YOU patch number 12074.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41196

File Name: suse9_12074.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2009

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: 2/11/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0411

CWE: 119

Detections

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