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MiracleLinux 8 : ghostscript-9.27-11.el8 (AXSA:2023-7184:07)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 293635

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2023-7184:07 advisory.

 * ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)
 * ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS (CVE-2023-38559)
 * ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (CVE-2023-4042)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/18368

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 293635

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-7184.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28879

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libgs-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libgs

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28879, CVE-2023-38559, CVE-2023-4042