It was discovered that various procedures in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, do not properly restrict privileged calls, which could result in bypass of file system restrictions of the dSAFER sandbox.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4518. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(128560);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/07/08");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14811", "CVE-2019-14812", "CVE-2019-14813", "CVE-2019-14817");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4518");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2019-B-0081-S");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4518-1 : 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:
"It was discovered that various procedures in Ghostscript, the GPL
PostScript/PDF interpreter, do not properly restrict privileged calls,
which could result in bypass of file system restrictions of the dSAFER
sandbox."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ghostscript"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/ghostscript"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the ghostscript packages.
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5.
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2."
);
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:H/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:H/RL:O/RC:C");
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:"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:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/09");
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_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2021 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:"10.0", prefix:"ghostscript", reference:"9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"ghostscript-dbg", reference:"9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"ghostscript-doc", reference:"9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"ghostscript-x", reference:"9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libgs-dev", reference:"9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libgs9", reference:"9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libgs9-common", reference:"9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ghostscript", reference:"9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ghostscript-dbg", reference:"9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ghostscript-doc", reference:"9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ghostscript-x", reference:"9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libgs-dev", reference:"9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libgs9", reference:"9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libgs9-common", reference:"9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5")) 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 | 10.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14811
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14812
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14813
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14817
packages.debian.org/source/buster/ghostscript
packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ghostscript
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript
www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518