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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-7782-1)

🗓️ 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Ubuntu Ghostscript vulnerabilities may cause crashes or possible code execution via file handling and OCR.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7782-1. 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(266305);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/24");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-7462",
    "CVE-2025-59798",
    "CVE-2025-59799",
    "CVE-2025-59800"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"7782-1");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2025-B-0176");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-7782-1)");

  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 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7782-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled opening a file to write. An attacker could possibly
    use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-7462)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing certain files. An attacker could possibly
    use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-59798,
    CVE-2025-59799)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled performing OCR on certain files. An attacker could
    use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
    arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-59800)

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

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-7782-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  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:L/UI:N/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:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-7462");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-59800");

  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:"2025/07/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/09/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04");
  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-common");
  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:libgs10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs10-common");
  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:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2025 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2025 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 (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.04', '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': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript-x', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9-common', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-common', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs10', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs10-common', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-common', 'pkgver': '10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-dev', 'pkgver': '10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs10', 'pkgver': '10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs10-common', 'pkgver': '10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2'}
];

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 (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    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-common / libgs-dev / libgs10 / etc');
}

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