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Debian DSA-2080-1 : ghostscript - several vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 48223
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several security issues have been discovered in Ghostscript, a GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user processes a malformed PDF or Postscript file.Solution
Upgrade the ghostscript packages.For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4.
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 48223
File Name: debian_DSA-2080.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 8/3/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-6725, CVE-2008-3522, CVE-2008-6679, CVE-2009-0196, CVE-2009-0792, CVE-2009-4270, CVE-2010-1869