Alpine: multiple ghostscript packages: security update to 9.06-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401329

Description

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

- Multiple integer underflows in the icmLut_allocate function in International Color Consortium (ICC) Format
library (icclib), as used in Ghostscript 9.06 and Argyll Color Management System, allow remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) PostScript or
(2) PDF file with embedded images, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue is also
described as an array index error. (CVE-2012-4405)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401329

Version: Revision 1.25

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

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-2012-4405

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: 11/5/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4405

BID: 55494

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