The 'ghostscript' package(s) in Ubuntu 22.04, 23.04, 23.10 is missing an update announced via the USN-6551-1 advisory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause denial of service
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 64 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | DSA-5578-1 ghostscript - security update | 15 Dec 202300:00 | – | osv |
![]() | MGASA-2023-0351 Updated ghostscript packages fix a security vulnerability | 18 Dec 202322:41 | – | osv |
![]() | CGA-3FFJ-RRW8-PM77 | 6 Jun 202412:21 | – | osv |
![]() | USN-6551-1 ghostscript vulnerability | 12 Dec 202313:08 | – | osv |
![]() | CVE-2023-46751 | 6 Dec 202320:15 | – | osv |
![]() | SUSE-SU-2023:4920-1 Security update for ghostscript | 20 Dec 202308:50 | – | osv |
![]() | SUSE-SU-2023:4917-1 Security update for ghostscript | 20 Dec 202308:21 | – | osv |
![]() | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13548-1 ghostscript-9.56.1-8.1 on GA media | 15 Jun 202400:00 | – | osv |
![]() | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46751 | 7 Dec 202300:00 | – | osv |
![]() | ALSA-2025:7422 Moderate: ghostscript security update | 13 May 202500:00 | – | osv |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6551-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2023.6551.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-46751");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-12-13 04:09:07 +0000 (Wed, 13 Dec 2023)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-12-09 04:52:20 +0000 (Sat, 09 Dec 2023)");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6551-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 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(22\.04\ LTS|23\.04|23\.10)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-6551-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6551-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the USN-6551-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing TIFF files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'ghostscript' package(s) on Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu 23.10.");
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 == "UBUNTU22.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ghostscript", ver:"9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6", rls:"UBUNTU22.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU23.04") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ghostscript", ver:"10.0.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu1.5", rls:"UBUNTU23.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU23.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ghostscript", ver:"10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU23.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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