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Debian DSA-2595-1 : ghostscript - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63358

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Marc Schoenefeld discovered that an integer overflow in the ICC parsing code of Ghostscript can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ghostscript packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 8.71~dfsg2-9+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/ghostscript

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2595

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63358

File Name: debian_DSA-2595.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/31/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4405

BID: 55494

DSA: 2595