RHEL 5 / 6 : ghostscript (RHSA-2012:0095)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57822

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for ghostscript.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0095 advisory.

- ghostscript: TrueType bytecode intepreter integer overflow or wraparound (CVE-2009-3743)

- ghostscript: gs_init.ps searched in current directory despite -P- (CVE-2010-2055)

- ghostscript: glyph data access improper input validation (CVE-2010-4054)

- ghostscript: CWD included in the default library search path (CVE-2010-4820)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL ghostscript package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0095.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7bb375f6

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0095

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627902

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646086

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771853

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57822

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0095.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/3/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3743

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-gtk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3743, CVE-2010-2055, CVE-2010-4054, CVE-2010-4820

BID: 40467, 42640, 43932

CWE: 190, 20

RHSA: 2012:0095