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Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-1801)

2023-08-2300:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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amazon linux ami
ghostscript
buffer overflow
vulnerability
alas-2023-1801
denial of service
nessus scanner

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.4%

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 8.70-24.29. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1801 advisory.

  • A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN device with gs. (CVE-2023-38559)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2023-1801.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(180068);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-38559");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2023-B-0070-S");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2023-1801)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 8.70-24.29. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1801 advisory.

  - A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This
    issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN
    device with gs. (CVE-2023-38559)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1801.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38559.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update ghostscript' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-38559");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'ghostscript-8.70-24.29.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-8.70-24.29.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.29.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.29.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.29.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.29.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.29.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.29.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ghostscript / ghostscript-debuginfo / ghostscript-devel / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxghostscriptp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript
amazonlinuxghostscript-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-debuginfo
amazonlinuxghostscript-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-devel
amazonlinuxghostscript-docp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ghostscript-doc
amazonlinuxcpe:/o:amazon:linux

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.4%