GLSA-202508-02 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 243974

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202508-02 (GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-10.05.1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 243974

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202508-02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2025

Updated: 8/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27837

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ghostscript-gpl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27830, CVE-2025-27831, CVE-2025-27832, CVE-2025-27833, CVE-2025-27834, CVE-2025-27835, CVE-2025-27836, CVE-2025-27837, CVE-2025-46646

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