Oracle Linux 5 : ghostscript (ELSA-2009-0345)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 67823

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0345 advisory.

[8.15.2-9.4:.4]
- Avoid dividing by zero while checking for integer overflows.

[8.15.2-9.4:.1]
- Applied patch to fix CVE-2009-0583 (bug #487742) and CVE-2009-0584 (bug #487744).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected ghostscript, ghostscript-devel and / or ghostscript-gtk packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-0345.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 67823

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0345.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0584

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-gtk

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0583, CVE-2009-0584

RHSA: 2009:0345