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AlmaLinux 8 : ghostscript (ALSA-2026:83552)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 366231

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:83552 advisory.

 * ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use- after-free (CVE-2026-101258)
 * ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overflow in pdfwrite via crafted font data (CVE-2026-103226)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83552

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-83552.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 366231

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-83552.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/15/2026

Updated: 10/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.49

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-103226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-101258

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-101258, CVE-2026-103226

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2026:83552