Artifex Ghostscript PostScript Handling Buffer Overflow DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 109405

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a library that is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of Artifex Ghostscript installed on the remote Windows host is 9.22 or earlier. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improperly handling PostScript data. A context-dependent attacker could cause a buffer overflow, potentially crashing the service.

Solution

Update to 9.23 or refer to bug 699255 for possible workarounds or patches.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109405

File Name: ghostscript_9_23.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/27/2018

Updated: 11/8/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2018-10194

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

CPE: cpe:/a:artifex:ghostscript, cpe:/a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Ghostscript

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10194

Detections

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