Alpine: multiple ghostscript packages: security update to 9.27-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400535

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In ghostscript before version 9.50, the .buildfont1 procedure did not properly secure its privileged
calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a
specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges and access files outside of restricted
areas. (CVE-2019-10216)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400535

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10216

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10216

IAVB: 2019-B-0081-S

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