CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
83.6%
Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilites in Ghostscript, an interpreter for the PostScript language, which could result in denial of service, the creation of files or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Postscript file is processed (despite the dSAFER sandbox being enabled).
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4288. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(117369);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/08");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2018-15908",
"CVE-2018-15910",
"CVE-2018-15911",
"CVE-2018-16511",
"CVE-2018-16513",
"CVE-2018-16539",
"CVE-2018-16540",
"CVE-2018-16541",
"CVE-2018-16542",
"CVE-2018-16543",
"CVE-2018-16585"
);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4288");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4288-1 : ghostscript - security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilites in Ghostscript, an
interpreter for the PostScript language, which could result in denial
of service, the creation of files or the execution of arbitrary code
if a malformed Postscript file is processed (despite the dSAFER
sandbox being enabled).");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ghostscript");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the ghostscript packages.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-16585");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ghostscript");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ghostscript", reference:"9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ghostscript-dbg", reference:"9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ghostscript-doc", reference:"9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ghostscript-x", reference:"9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libgs-dev", reference:"9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libgs9", reference:"9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libgs9-common", reference:"9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15908
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15910
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15911
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16511
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16513
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16539
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16540
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16541
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16542
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16543
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16585
packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ghostscript
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ghostscript
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
83.6%