| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 119 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostscript 9.21 Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution Exploit | 2 May 201700:00 | – | zdt | |
| Exploit for CVE-2018-16509 | 15 Oct 201807:44 | – | githubexploit | |
| Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in ghostscript affects PowerKVM | 18 Jun 201801:36 | – | ibm | |
| CVE-2017-8291 | 27 Apr 201700:00 | – | attackerkb | |
| Important: ghostscript | 6 Jun 201700:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2017-837) | 7 Jun 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 / 7 : ghostscript (CESA-2017:1230) | 16 May 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-932-1 : ghostscript security update | 8 May 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3838-1 : ghostscript - security update | 1 May 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2017-1100) | 9 Jun 201700:00 | – | nessus |
#%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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