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RHEL 8 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:7053)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 185678
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for ghostscript.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7053 advisory.- ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (CVE-2023-4042)
- ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)
- ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS (CVE-2023-38559)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL ghostscript package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7053.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?819248f8
http://www.nessus.org/u?97b17fab
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184585
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 185678
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7053.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/14/2023
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28879
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgs-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2023