CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : ghostscript (CESA-2008:0155)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31302

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated ghostscript packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Ghostscript is a program for displaying PostScript files, or printing them to non-PostScript printers.

Chris Evans from the Google Security Team reported a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in Ghostscript's zseticcspace() function. An attacker could create a malicious PostScript file that would cause Ghostscript to execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2008-0411)

These updated packages also fix a bug, which prevented the pxlmono printer driver from producing valid output on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

All users of ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected ghostscript packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31302

File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0155.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hpijs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0411

BID: 28017

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2008:0155

Detections

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