The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has ghostscript package installed with multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:6197 advisory
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 100 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2024-2436) | 12 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2024:2292-1) | 4 Jul 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2024-2364) | 12 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 9 : ghostscript (ELSA-2024-6197) | 3 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2024:6197) | 5 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2024:6466) | 9 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2024:2276-1) | 3 Jul 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2024-2389) | 12 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2024-2413) | 12 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-6835-1) | 18 Jun 202400:00 | – | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# AlmaLinux Security Advisory ALSA-2024:6197.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(206607);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/11/08");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-29510", "CVE-2024-33869", "CVE-2024-33870");
script_xref(name:"ALSA", value:"2024:6197");
script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 9 : ghostscript (ALSA-2024:6197)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ALSA-2024:6197 advisory.
* ghostscript: format string injection leads to shell command execution (SAFER bypass) (CVE-2024-29510)
* ghostscript: path traversal and command execution due to path reduction (CVE-2024-33869)
* ghostscript: path traversal to arbitrary files if the current directory is in the permitted paths
(CVE-2024-33870)
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.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-6197.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-33870");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Ghostscript Command Execution via Format String');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(20, 23);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/06/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/09/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/09/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-tools-printing");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ghostscript-x11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgs-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Alma Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "AlmaLinux release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 9.x', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'ghostscript-9.54.0-17.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9_4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
{'reference':'ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-17.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9_4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
{'reference':'ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-17.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9_4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
{'reference':'ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-17.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9_4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
{'reference':'ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-17.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9_4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
{'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.54.0-17.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9_4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
{'reference':'libgs-9.54.0-17.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9_4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
{'reference':'libgs-devel-9.54.0-17.el9_4', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9_4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
];
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 = 'Alma-' + 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-doc / ghostscript-tools-dvipdf / etc');
}
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