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GLSA-202008-20 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 140068

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202008-20 (GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.52'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 140068

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202008-20.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/31/2020

Updated: 2/22/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2020-15900

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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ghostscript-gpl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15900, CVE-2020-16287, CVE-2020-16288, CVE-2020-16289, CVE-2020-16290, CVE-2020-16291, CVE-2020-16292, CVE-2020-16293, CVE-2020-16294, CVE-2020-16295, CVE-2020-16296, CVE-2020-16297, CVE-2020-16298, CVE-2020-16299, CVE-2020-16300, CVE-2020-16301, CVE-2020-16302, CVE-2020-16303, CVE-2020-16304, CVE-2020-16305, CVE-2020-16306, CVE-2020-16307, CVE-2020-16308, CVE-2020-16309, CVE-2020-16310, CVE-2020-17538

GLSA: 202008-20

IAVB: 2020-B-0046-S