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Debian DLA-3519-1 : ghostscript - LTS security update

2023-08-0700:00:00
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debian 10
buffer overflow
vulnerability
ghostscript
denial of service
crafted pdf file

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

20.5%

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3519 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 Debian Security Advisory dla-3519. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(179419);
  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:"Debian DLA-3519-1 : ghostscript - LTS security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3519
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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1043033");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3519");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38559");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the ghostscript packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8.");
  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:"2023/08/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-x");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
  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:"Debian 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/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ghostscript', 'reference': '9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ghostscript-dbg', 'reference': '9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ghostscript-doc', 'reference': '9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ghostscript-x', 'reference': '9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libgs-dev', 'reference': '9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libgs9', 'reference': '9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libgs9-common', 'reference': '9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u8'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ghostscript / ghostscript-dbg / ghostscript-doc / ghostscript-x / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxghostscriptp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript
debiandebian_linuxghostscript-dbgp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-dbg
debiandebian_linuxghostscript-docp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-doc
debiandebian_linuxghostscript-xp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript-x
debiandebian_linuxlibgs-devp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs-dev
debiandebian_linuxlibgs9p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9
debiandebian_linuxlibgs9-commonp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgs9-common
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

20.5%