AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: ghostscript / ghostscript-doc / ghostscript-gtk / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1784042252)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 362272

Synopsis

The AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1784042252 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is an out-of-bounds read when reading color in Indexed color space. (CVE-2024-46955)

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 based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1784042252.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 362272

File Name: tuxcare_alma_linux_9.6_CLSA-2026-1784042252.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-46955

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59799

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46955, CVE-2025-59798, CVE-2025-59799

CLSA: 2026:1784042252

Detections

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