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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1)

2023-08-3000:00:00
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suse linux
buffer overflow
ghostscript
denial of service
vulnerability
pdf
nessus

CVSS3

5.5

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

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.8%

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1 advisory.

  • A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. 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. (CVE-2023-38559)

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.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(180297);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-38559");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2023-B-0070-S");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are
affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3438-1 advisory.

  - A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. 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. (CVE-2023-38559)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213637");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2023-August/016028.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?17dae2b8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected ghostscript, ghostscript-devel and / or ghostscript-x11 packages.");
  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:"2023/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript-x11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

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

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

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES|SUSE)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE / openSUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)(?:_SAP)?\d+|SUSE([\d.]+))", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE / openSUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLED_SAP15|SLES15|SLES_SAP15|SUSE15\.4|SUSE15\.5)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15', 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLED_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED_SAP15 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP3/4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-9.52-150000.170.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-devel-9.52-150000.170.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.170.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']}
];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (exists_check) {
      var check_flag = 0;
      foreach var check (exists_check) {
        if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
        check_flag++;
      }
      if (!check_flag) continue;
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ghostscript / ghostscript-devel / ghostscript-x11');
}

CVSS3

5.5

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

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.8%