Alpine: multiple ghostscript packages: security update to 9.16-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401108

Description

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

- Integer overflow in the gs_heap_alloc_bytes function in base/gsmalloc.c in Ghostscript 9.15 and earlier
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Postscript (ps) file, as
demonstrated by using the ps2pdf command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write. (CVE-2015-3228)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401108

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3228

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3228

BID: 76017

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