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Oracle Linux 8 : ghostscript (ELSA-2023-7053)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186114

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7053 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)

 - A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. (CVE-2023-4042)

 - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an escaped character, two bytes are written. (CVE-2023-28879)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-7053.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186114

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-7053.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2023

Updated: 12/15/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:/a:oracle:linux:8:9:appstream_base, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::codeready_builder, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgs-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28879, CVE-2023-38559, CVE-2023-4042

IAVB: 2023-B-0023-S, 2023-B-0041-S, 2023-B-0070-S