The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has ghostscript packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A trivial sandbox (enabled with the `-dSAFER` option) escape flaw was found in the ghostscript interpreter     by injecting a specially crafted pipe command. This flaw allows a specially crafted document to execute     arbitrary commands on the system in the context of the ghostscript interpreter. The highest threat from     this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3781)

  - The jpc_qcx_getcompparms function in jpc/jpc_cs.c for the JasPer JPEG-2000 library (libjasper) before     1.900 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly corrupt the     heap via malformed image files, as originally demonstrated using imagemagick convert. (CVE-2007-2721)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the zseticcspace function in zicc.c in Ghostscript 8.61 and earlier allows     remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a postscript (.ps) file containing a long Range array in a     .seticcspace operator. (CVE-2008-0411)

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2     decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to     execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length     value. (CVE-2009-0196)

  - Multiple integer overflows in icc.c in the International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (aka     icclib), as used in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier and Argyll Color Management System (CMS) 1.0.3 and     earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and     application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by using a device file for a translation request     that operates on a crafted image file and targets a certain native color space, related to an ICC     profile in a (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images. (CVE-2009-0583)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Multiple integer overflows were found in the International Color Consortium Format Library (icclib). An attacker could use this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code by requesting to translate a specially- crafted image file created on one device into another's device native color space via a device file.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Multiple integer overflows and multiple insufficient upper-bounds checks on certain variable sizes were originally discovered in the Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format Library (icclib).
It was found, the original patch, addressing this issue was incomplete.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Apply patch for CVE-2009-0792.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Integer overflows and missing upper bounds checks in Ghostscript's ICC library potentially allowed attackers to crash Ghostscript or even cause execution of arbitrary code via specially crafted PS or PDF files. (CVE-2009-0583 / CVE-2009-0584)

Updated ghostscript packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0345 did not address all possible integer overflow flaws in Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format library (icclib). Using specially crafted ICC profiles, an attacker could create a malicious PostScript or PDF file with embedded images that could cause Ghostscript to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0792)

A buffer overflow flaw and multiple missing boundary checks were found in Ghostscript. An attacker could create a specially crafted PostScript or PDF file that could cause Ghostscript to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2008-6679, CVE-2007-6725, CVE-2009-0196)

Red Hat would like to thank Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research for responsibly reporting the CVE-2009-0196 flaw.

Users of ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
330512	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2026-0055)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	7/29/2026	7/30/2026	critical
36024	Fedora 9 : argyllcms-1.0.3-3.fc9 (2009-3031)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	3/27/2009	1/11/2021	high
36125	Fedora 9 : argyllcms-1.0.3-4.fc9 (2009-3430)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	4/10/2009	1/11/2021	high
36706	Fedora 10 : argyllcms-1.0.3-5.fc10 (2009-3740)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	4/23/2009	1/11/2021	high
37323	Fedora 10 : argyllcms-1.0.3-3.fc10 (2009-3011)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	4/23/2009	1/11/2021	high
41394	SuSE 11 Security Update : Ghostscript (SAT Patch Number 636)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/24/2009	1/14/2021	high
43741	CentOS 5 : ghostscript (CESA-2009:0421)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	1/6/2010	1/4/2021	high

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