Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-18 (Ghostscript)

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisories, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Multiple scripts in the Ghostscript package are vulnerable to symlink
attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files
with the rights of the user running the script.";
tag_solution = "Ghostscript users on all architectures except PPC should upgrade to the
latest version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r7'
    # emerge '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r7'

Ghostscript users on the PPC architecture should upgrade to the latest
stable version on their architecture:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.05.6-r2'
    # emerge '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.05.6-r2'

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200410-18
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66357";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200410-18.";

                                                                                

if(description)
{
 script_id(54709);
 script_version("$Revision: 6596 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 11:21:37 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
 script_bugtraq_id(11285);
 script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0967");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
 script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-18 (Ghostscript)");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
 script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
 script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"app-text/ghostscript", unaffected: make_list("ge 7.07.1-r7", "rge 7.05.6-r2"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 7.07.1-r7"))) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}