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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-48708

low Nessus Plugin ID 250491

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext. (CVE-2025-48708)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-48708

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-48708

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 250491

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_48708.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/18/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-tools-printing, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-gtk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgs-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-cups

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48708