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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2017-1100)

🗓️ 23 Jan 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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Security Advisory for ghostscript on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP1. Allows code execution via PostScript documents (CVE-2017-8291)

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2017.1100");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8291");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-01-23 10:51:02 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2020)");
  script_version("2025-08-15T05:40:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 05:40:49 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
  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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-07-02 13:01:53 +0000 (Tue, 02 Jul 2024)");

  script_name("Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2017-1100)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gb_huawei_euleros_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/euleros", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=EULEROS\-2\.0SP1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"EulerOS-SA-2017-1100");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/euleros/securitydetail.html?secId=EulerOS-SA-2017-1100");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2017-1100 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 found that ghostscript did not properly validate the parameters passed to the .rsdparams and .eqproc functions. During its execution, a specially crafted PostScript document could execute code in the context of the ghostscript process, bypassing the -dSAFER protection. (CVE-2017-8291)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'ghostscript' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP1.");

  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");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "EULEROS-2.0SP1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript", rpm:"ghostscript~9.07~20.1.h2", rls:"EULEROS-2.0SP1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-cups", rpm:"ghostscript-cups~9.07~20.1.h2", rls:"EULEROS-2.0SP1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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15 Aug 2025 00:00Current
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