Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: ghostscript / ghostscript-debuginfo / ghostscript-debugsource / etc (crlsa-2023_5459)

high Nessus Plugin ID 353818

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_5459 advisory.

* ghostscript: vulnerable to OS command injection due to mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (CVE-2023-36664)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_5459.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5459

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217798

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:5459

http://www.nessus.org/u?b2c7f045

http://www.nessus.org/u?da176878

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 353818

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2023_5459.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36664

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36664