Several security issues have been discovered in Ghostscript, a GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user processes a malformed PDF or Postscript file.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2080. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(48223);
script_version("1.13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6725", "CVE-2008-3522", "CVE-2008-6679", "CVE-2009-0196", "CVE-2009-0792", "CVE-2009-4270", "CVE-2010-1869");
script_bugtraq_id(31470, 34184, 34337, 34340, 34445, 37410, 40103);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2080");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2080-1 : ghostscript - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several security issues have been discovered in Ghostscript, a GPL
PostScript/PDF interpreter, which might lead to the execution of
arbitrary code if a user processes a malformed PDF or Postscript file."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2080"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the ghostscript packages.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(119, 189);
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:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/08/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/08/03");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"ghostscript", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"ghostscript-doc", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"ghostscript-x", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs-aladdin", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs-common", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs-esp", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"gs-gpl", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libgs-dev", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libgs8", reference:"8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | ghostscript | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript |
debian | debian_linux | 5.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6725
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3522
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6679
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0196
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0792
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4270
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1869
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2080