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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-7623-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 241623

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7623-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that OpenJPEG, vendored in Ghostscript did not correctly handle large image files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2023-39327)

 Thomas Rinsma discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle printing certain variables. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29508)

 It was discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle loading certain libraries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2024-33871)

 It was discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-56826, CVE-2024-56827, CVE-2025-27832, CVE-2025-27835, CVE-2025-27836)

 Vasileios Flengas discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle argument sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10 and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-48708)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7623-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 241623

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7623-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2025

Updated: 7/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript-x, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs10-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39327, CVE-2024-29508, CVE-2024-56826, CVE-2024-56827, CVE-2025-27832, CVE-2025-27835, CVE-2025-27836, CVE-2025-48708

IAVB: 2024-B-0074-S, 2025-B-0043

USN: 7623-1