Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS : ghostscript vulnerability (USN-1581-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62290

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Marc Schonefeld discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libgs8 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62290

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1581-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 9/25/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4405

BID: 55494

USN: 1581-1

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