Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-3803-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118567

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple security issues in Ghostscript. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected ghostscript and / or libgs9 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118567

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3803-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2018

Updated: 9/17/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17961, CVE-2018-18073, CVE-2018-18284

USN: 3803-1

IAVB: 2019-B-0081-S