The 'ghostscript' package in Ubuntu 8.04 and 10.04 is vulnerable to code execution and denial of service attack
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 60 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Medium: ghostscript | 22 Sep 201221:37 | – | amazon |
![]() | CVE-2012-4405 | 18 Sep 201217:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 2595-1] ghostscript security update | 30 Dec 201215:23 | – | debian |
![]() | Debian DSA-2595-1 : ghostscript - integer overflow | 31 Dec 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-201402-29 : ArgyllCMS: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code | 2 Mar 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : icclib (MDVSA-2013:089) | 20 Apr 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2012-127) | 4 Sep 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 16 : ghostscript-9.05-2.fc16 (2012-13839) | 29 Sep 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript-library (openSUSE-SU-2012:1290-1) | 13 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : ghostscript on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120911) | 12 Sep 201200:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1581-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841160");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4405");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-09-25 04:12:26 +0000 (Tue, 25 Sep 2012)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1581-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(10\.04\ LTS|8\.04\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-1581-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1581-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the USN-1581-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Marc Schonefeld discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle
certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'ghostscript' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 10.04.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU10.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgs8", ver:"8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.5", rls:"UBUNTU10.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU8.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgs8", ver:"8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.5", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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