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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : ghostscript (ELSA-2012-0095)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68450

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0095 advisory.

 - Applied upstream fix to last patch (CVE-2010-4054, bug #646086).
 - Applied patch to prevent null pointer dereference (CVE-2010-4054, bug #646086).
 - Don't ship patch backup files for CVE-2010-2055.
 - Applied patch to prevent integer underflow in TrueType bytecode interpreter (CVE-2009-3743, bug #627902).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0095.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68450

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0095.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3743

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4054

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ghostscript-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3743, CVE-2010-2055, CVE-2010-4054, CVE-2010-4820

BID: 40467, 42640, 43932

RHSA: 2012:0095