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Alpine: ghostscript: security update to 9.21-r0
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 404564
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)
- Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams
type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the
gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017. (CVE-2017-8291)
See Also
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5951
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 404564
Version: Revision 1.37
Type: Local
Published: 10/31/2023
Updated: 7/6/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.4
Percentile: 99.81
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8291
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.5
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:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2017
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/14/2022
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Ghostscript Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207, CVE-2017-8291
IAVB: 2023-B-0097-S