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CentOS Update for ghostscript CESA-2012:1256 centos6

🗓️ 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) on CentOS

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# 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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2012-September/018864.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881492");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-09-17 16:45:22 +0530 (Mon, 17 Sep 2012)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4405");
  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_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2012:1256");
  script_name("CentOS Update for ghostscript CESA-2012:1256 centos6");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ghostscript on CentOS 6");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a
  set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics
  capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable
  Document Format (PDF) files.

  An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was
  found in Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format library
  (icclib). An attacker could create a specially-crafted PostScript or PDF
  file with embedded images that would cause Ghostscript to crash or,
  potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
  Ghostscript. (CVE-2012-4405)

  Red Hat would like to thank Marc Schönefeld for reporting this issue.

  Users of Ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
  which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript", rpm:"ghostscript~8.70~14.el6_3.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-devel", rpm:"ghostscript-devel~8.70~14.el6_3.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-doc", rpm:"ghostscript-doc~8.70~14.el6_3.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-gtk", rpm:"ghostscript-gtk~8.70~14.el6_3.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.2
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.07486
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