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RHEL 5 / 6 : ghostscript (RHSA-2012:0095)
high Nessus Plugin ID 57822
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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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 57822
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0095.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/3/2012
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-devel
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