Debian DSA-4346-1 : ghostscript - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119269

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Postscript file is processed (despite the -dSAFER sandbox being enabled).

This update rebases ghostscript for stretch to the upstream version 9.26 which includes additional changes.

Solution

Upgrade the ghostscript packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 9.26~dfsg-0+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119269

File Name: debian_DSA-4346.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/29/2018

Updated: 7/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19409

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19134, CVE-2018-19409, CVE-2018-19475, CVE-2018-19476, CVE-2018-19477, CVE-2018-19478

DSA: 4346

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