The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow     that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8. (CVE-2025-59800)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.54.0-9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3018 advisory.

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in     devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c. (CVE-2025-59798)

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in     devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size value. (CVE-2025-59799)

    In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow     that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8. (CVE-2025-59800)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1218 advisory.

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in     devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c. (CVE-2025-59798)

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in     devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size value. (CVE-2025-59799)

    In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow     that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8. (CVE-2025-59800)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0749 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-59800:
    In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow     that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8.

    CVE-2025-59799:
    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in     devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size value.

    CVE-2025-59798:
    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in     devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent 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.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7782-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled opening a file to write. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-7462)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing certain files. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-59798,     CVE-2025-59799)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled performing OCR on certain files. An attacker could     use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-59800)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20592-1 advisory.

    Update to version 10.06.0.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2025-59800: an integer overflow can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8 (bsc#1250355).
    - CVE-2025-59799: a large size value can cause a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest     (bsc#1250354).
    - CVE-2025-59798: stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap can lead to a denial-of-service     (bsc#1250353).
    - CVE-2025-48708: lacks of argument sanitization may lead to password disclosure (bsc#1243701).
    - CVE-2025-46646: mishandling of overlong utf-8 encoding in artifex ghostscript's decode_utf8 function     (bsc#1257699).

    Other updates and bugfixes:

    - switch over to libalternatives for ghostscript to provide a gs       variant (bsc#1245896)

    - Version upgrade to 10.06.0:

      * removes the non-standard operator selectdevice         (cf. the entry below dated Tue Apr  1 09:56:06 UTC 2025)

    - Version upgrade to 10.05.1:

      * an overflow issue in Freetype on platforms           where long is a 4 byte (rather than 8 byte) type           (Microsoft Windows, for example) causing corrupted           glyph rendering at higher resolutions
      * an issue with embedded files, affecting Zugferd           format PDF creation.
      * broken logic in PDF Optional Content processing
      * potential slow down due to searching for identifiable           font files
      * a small number of extreme edge case segmentation faults.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-c60e345359 advisory.

    security fix for CVE-2025-59798, CVE-2025-59799, CVE-2025-59800 (fedora#2431544, fedora#2431548,     fedora#2431546)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-d7cbd53e55 advisory.

    security fix for CVE-2025-59798, CVE-2025-59799, CVE-2025-59800 (fedora#2431544, fedora#2431548,     fedora#2431546)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
265892	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-59800	Nessus	Misc.	9/25/2025	2/3/2026	medium
270528	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3018 (ALAS-2025-3018)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	10/15/2025	10/24/2025	medium
270559	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2025-1218)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	10/15/2025	10/24/2025	medium
270643	TencentOS Server 4: ghostscript (TSSA-2025:0749)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	10/16/2025	12/4/2025	medium
266305	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-7782-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	9/30/2025	10/24/2025	medium
309884	openSUSE 16 Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-SU-2026:20592-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/23/2026	4/23/2026	low
296243	Fedora 43 : ghostscript (2026-c60e345359)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/23/2026	1/23/2026	medium
296671	Fedora 42 : ghostscript (2026-d7cbd53e55)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/27/2026	1/27/2026	medium

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