CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202409-03 (GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# @NOAGENT@
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202409-03.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(207561);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/09/23");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2023-52722",
"CVE-2024-29510",
"CVE-2024-33869",
"CVE-2024-33870",
"CVE-2024-33871"
);
script_name(english:"GLSA-202409-03 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202409-03 (GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers
referenced below for details.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932125");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-10.03.1");
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:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-33871");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", 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_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/12/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/09/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/09/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ghostscript-gpl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Gentoo 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/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include('qpkg.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/release')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Gentoo');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var flag = 0;
var packages = [
{
'name' : 'app-text/ghostscript-gpl',
'unaffected' : make_list("ge 10.03.1"),
'vulnerable' : make_list("lt 10.03.1")
}
];
foreach var package( packages ) {
if (isnull(package['unaffected'])) package['unaffected'] = make_list();
if (isnull(package['vulnerable'])) package['vulnerable'] = make_list();
if (qpkg_check(package: package['name'] , unaffected: package['unaffected'], vulnerable: package['vulnerable'])) flag++;
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : qpkg_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
qpkg_tests = list_uniq(qpkg_tests);
var tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'GPL Ghostscript');
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-52722
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29510
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33869
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33870
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-33871
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932125
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-03