Chris Evans found a buffer overflow condition in Ghostscript, which can lead to arbitrary code execution as the user running any application using it to process a maliciously crafted Postscript file.
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:055.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(37312);
script_version("1.17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0411");
script_bugtraq_id(28017);
script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2008:055");
script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDVSA-2008:055)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Chris Evans found a buffer overflow condition in Ghostscript, which
can lead to arbitrary code execution as the user running any
application using it to process a maliciously crafted Postscript file.
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(119);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-X");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-dvipdf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-module-X");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gs8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gs8-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ijs1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ijs1-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgs8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgs8-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libijs1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libijs1-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/02/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"ghostscript-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"ghostscript-X-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"ghostscript-common-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"ghostscript-dvipdf-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"ghostscript-module-X-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gs8-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gs8-devel-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ijs1-0.35-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ijs1-devel-0.35-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgs8-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgs8-devel-8.15-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libijs1-0.35-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libijs1-devel-0.35-47.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"ghostscript-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"ghostscript-X-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"ghostscript-common-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"ghostscript-doc-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"ghostscript-dvipdf-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"ghostscript-module-X-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gs8-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gs8-devel-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ijs1-0.35-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ijs1-devel-0.35-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgs8-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgs8-devel-8.15-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libijs1-0.35-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libijs1-devel-0.35-48.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-X-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-common-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-doc-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-dvipdf-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"ghostscript-module-X-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gs8-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gs8-devel-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ijs1-0.35-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ijs1-devel-0.35-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgs8-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgs8-devel-8.60-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libijs1-0.35-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libijs1-devel-0.35-55.2mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mandriva | linux | ghostscript | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript |
mandriva | linux | ghostscript-x | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-x |
mandriva | linux | ghostscript-common | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-common |
mandriva | linux | ghostscript-doc | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-doc |
mandriva | linux | ghostscript-dvipdf | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-dvipdf |
mandriva | linux | ghostscript-module-x | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-module-x |
mandriva | linux | lib64gs8 | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gs8 |
mandriva | linux | lib64gs8-devel | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gs8-devel |
mandriva | linux | lib64ijs1 | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ijs1 |
mandriva | linux | lib64ijs1-devel | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ijs1-devel |