Alpine: multiple ghostscript packages: security update to 9.21-r2 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400854

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a
crafted file. (CVE-2017-5951)

- The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PostScript document. (CVE-2017-7207)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400854

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207

BID: 96995, 98665

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