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MiracleLinux 7 : ghostscript-9.07-20.el7.5 (AXSA:2017-1650:03)
high Nessus Plugin ID 289564
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2017-1650:03 advisory.Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript translates PostScript code into many common, bitmapped formats, like those understood by your printer or screen. Ghostscript is normally used to display PostScript files and to print PostScript files to non-PostScript printers.
If you need to display PostScript files or print them to non-PostScript printers, you should install ghostscript. If you install ghostscript, you also need to install the ghostscript-fonts package.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2017-8291 Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a /OutputFile (%pipe% substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected ghostscript and / or ghostscript-cups packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 289564
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2017-1650.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 1/17/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.5
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8291
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.5
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:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ghostscript-cups
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2017
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/14/2022
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Ghostscript Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-8291