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Artifex Ghostscript < 10.2.0 Buffer Overflow

2023-09-1900:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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artifex ghostscript
buffer overflow
devn_pcx_write_rle
denial of service
pdf file
upgrade
vulnerability
windows
cve-2023-38559

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

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.4%

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Artifex Ghostscript prior to 10.2.0 due to a flaw found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle(). 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.

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.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(181614);
  script_version("1.3");
  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:"Artifex Ghostscript < 10.2.0 Buffer Overflow");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host contains a library that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Artifex Ghostscript prior to 10.2.0 due to a flaw found in 
base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle(). 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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/gs10.02.0/News.html?utm_source=ghostscript&utm_medium=website&utm_content=inline-link
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?47378e5e");
  # https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=d81b82c70bc1
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9282a456");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Artifex Ghostscript 10.2.0 or later.");
  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:"2023/07/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/07/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:artifex:ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ghostscript_detect.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Ghostscript");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');

var app = 'Ghostscript';

var constraints = [{'fixed_version' : '10.2.0'}];

var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app, win_local:TRUE);

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
VendorProductVersionCPE
artifexghostscriptcpe:/a:artifex:ghostscript
artifexgpl_ghostscriptcpe:/a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript

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

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.4%