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Scientific Linux Security Update : ghostscript on SL7.x x86_64 (20190321)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123058

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - ghostscript: superexec operator is available (700585) (CVE-2019-3835)

 - ghostscript: forceput in DefineResource is still accessible (700576) (CVE-2019-3838)

Bug Fix(es) :

 - ghostscript: Regression: double comment chars '%%' in gs_init.ps leading to missing metadata

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b95af7e1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123058

File Name: sl_20190321_ghostscript_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2019

Updated: 2/24/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ghostscript-cups, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ghostscript-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ghostscript-gtk, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3835, CVE-2019-3838