Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or information disclosure if a specially crafted Postscript file is processed.
#%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-3691. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(94023);
script_version("2.11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-5653", "CVE-2016-7976", "CVE-2016-7977", "CVE-2016-7978", "CVE-2016-7979", "CVE-2016-8602");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3691");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3691-1 : ghostscript - security update");
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 vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL
PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may lead to the execution of
arbitrary code or information disclosure if a specially crafted
Postscript file is processed."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839118"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839260"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839841"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839845"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839846"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840451"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/ghostscript"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the ghostscript packages.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
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:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/10/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/10/13");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 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:"8.0", prefix:"ghostscript", reference:"9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"ghostscript-dbg", reference:"9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"ghostscript-doc", reference:"9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"ghostscript-x", reference:"9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libgs-dev", reference:"9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libgs9", reference:"9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libgs9-common", reference:"9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3")) 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 | 8.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5653
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7976
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7977
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7978
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7979
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8602
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839118
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839260
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839841
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839845
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839846
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840451
packages.debian.org/source/jessie/ghostscript
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691