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Debian DLA-3519-1 : ghostscript - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179419

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3519 advisory.

 - A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN device with gs. (CVE-2023-38559)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the ghostscript packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1043033

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3519

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38559

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/ghostscript

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179419

File Name: debian_DLA-3519.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/7/2023

Updated: 12/15/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38559

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-x, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38559

IAVB: 2023-B-0070-S