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Debian DLA-905-1 : ghostscript security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 99544
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
ghostscript is vulnerable to multiple issues that can lead to denial of service when processing untrusted content.CVE-2016-10219
Application crash with division by 0 in scan conversion code triggered through crafted content.
CVE-2016-10220
Application crash with a segfault in gx_device_finalize() triggered through crafted content.
CVE-2017-5951
Application crash with a segfault in ref_stack_index() triggered through crafted content.
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u5.
We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/04/msg00024.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 99544
File Name: debian_DLA-905.nasl
Version: 3.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/21/2017
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-x, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-cups, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2017