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HistoryOct 20, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-3636-1)

2023-10-2000:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
www.tenable.com
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ubuntu
ghostscript
vulnerabilities
denial of service
remote attackers
application crash
pdf document
heap-based buffer overflow
cve-2016-10317
cve-2018-10194
usn-3636-1
artifex software

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3636-1 advisory.

  • The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document. (CVE-2016-10317)

  • The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document. (CVE-2018-10194)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3636-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(183611);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-10317", "CVE-2018-10194");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2018-B-0056-S");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3636-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-3636-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3636-1 advisory.

  - The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20
    allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or
    possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document. (CVE-2016-10317)

  - The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex
    Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote
    attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a
    crafted PDF document. (CVE-2018-10194)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3636-1");
  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:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-10194");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/04/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript-x");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9-common");
  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:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('14.04' >< os_release || '16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) 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, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript-x', 'pkgver': '9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9', 'pkgver': '9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9-common', 'pkgver': '9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript-x', 'pkgver': '9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9', 'pkgver': '9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9-common', 'pkgver': '9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript-x', 'pkgver': '9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9', 'pkgver': '9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9-common', 'pkgver': '9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ghostscript / ghostscript-x / libgs-dev / libgs9 / libgs9-common');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linuxghostscriptp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript
canonicalubuntu_linuxghostscript-xp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript-x
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibgs-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibgs9p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibgs9-commonp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9-common