Detections
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Fedora 8 : ghostscript-8.61-8.fc8 (2008-1998)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 31364
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update contains a back-ported fix for a security issue that allows malicious PostScript input files to cause a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2008-0411). This update also restores JPEG2000 support.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected ghostscript package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 31364
File Name: fedora_2008-1998.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 3/7/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ghostscript, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2008
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0411
BID: 28017