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Alpine: multiple ghostscript packages: security update to 9.26-r1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423889

Description

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

 - In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system
 operators, leading to remote code execution. (CVE-2019-6116)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-6116

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423889

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.21

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-2019-6116

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6116

BID: 106700