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AlmaLinux 8 : ghostscript (ALSA-2025:4362)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235148

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:4362 advisory.

 * ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c (CVE-2020-27792)
 * ghostscript: dangling pointer in gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() (CVE-2023-46751)
 * ghostscript: Buffer Overflow in Ghostscript PDF XRef Stream Handling (CVE-2024-46952)
 * ghostscript: Arbitrary Code Execution in Artifex Ghostscript Pattern Color Space (CVE-2024-46951)
 * ghostscript: Directory Traversal in Ghostscript via Overlong UTF-8 Encoding (CVE-2024-46954)
 * ghostscript: Path Traversal and Code Execution via Integer Overflow in Ghostscript (CVE-2024-46953)
 * ghostscript: Out-of-Bounds Data Access in Ghostscript Leads to Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2024-46956)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-4362.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235148

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-4362.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/5/2025

Updated: 5/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-46956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgs-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27792, CVE-2023-46751, CVE-2024-46951, CVE-2024-46952, CVE-2024-46953, CVE-2024-46954, CVE-2024-46956

CWE: 119, 120, 125, 190, 22, 416, 824

RHSA: 2025:4362