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OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : ghostscript (OVMSA-2017-0103)

🗓️ 16 May 2017 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates related to ghostscript packag

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM
# Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0103.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(100205);
  script_version("3.12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/12/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8291");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2022/06/14");

  script_name(english:"OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : ghostscript (OVMSA-2017-0103)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address
critical security updates :

  - Security fix for CVE-2017-8291 updated to address
    SIGSEGV

  - Added security fix for CVE-2017-8291 (bug #1446063)

  - Fix for regression caused by previous CVE fixes (bug
    #1410260)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2017-May/000724.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2017-May/000725.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected ghostscript package.");
  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:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-8291");

  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:"metasploit_name", value:'Ghostscript Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/04/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/05/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"OracleVM Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleVM/release", "Host/OracleVM/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/OracleVM/release");
if (isnull(release) || "OVS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "OracleVM");
if (! preg(pattern:"^OVS" + "(3\.3|3\.4)" + "(\.[0-9]|$)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4", "OracleVM " + release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleVM/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "OracleVM", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"OVS3.3", reference:"ghostscript-8.70-23.el6_9.2")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"OVS3.4", reference:"ghostscript-8.70-23.el6_9.2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ghostscript");
}

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