Detections
Analytics

Artifex Ghostscript < 10.2.0 Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181614

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a library that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Artifex Ghostscript prior to 10.2.0 due to a flaw found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle(). 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.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Artifex Ghostscript 10.2.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?47378e5e

http://www.nessus.org/u?9282a456

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181614

File Name: ghostscript_10_2_0.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/19/2023

Updated: 12/15/2023

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/a:artifex:ghostscript, cpe:/a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Ghostscript

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38559

IAVB: 2023-B-0070-S