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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ghostscript regression (USN-3831-2)

🗓️ 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The remote Ubuntu host has a vulnerability in Ghostscript that could allow remote attackers to access arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code

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Code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3831-2. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(119496);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/10/29");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3831-2");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ghostscript regression (USN-3831-2)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  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 a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-3831-2 advisory.

    USN-3831-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. Ghostscript 9.26 introduced a regression when used with
    certain options. This update fixes the problem.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3831-2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  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:"2018/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/12/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  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:"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:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2024 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': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript-x', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9-common', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript-x', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9-common', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript-x', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9-common', 'pkgver': '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var 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)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  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');
}

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