6.8 Medium
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
7.8 High
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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.49 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.5%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201708-06 (GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for additional information.
Impact :
A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PostScript file or PDF document using GPL Ghostscript possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201708-06.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(102618);
script_version("3.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/05/25");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2016-10219",
"CVE-2016-10220",
"CVE-2017-5951",
"CVE-2017-6196",
"CVE-2017-7207",
"CVE-2017-8291"
);
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201708-06");
script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2022/06/14");
script_name(english:"GLSA-201708-06 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201708-06
(GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for additional information.
Impact :
A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially
crafted PostScript file or PDF document using GPL Ghostscript possibly
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All GPL Ghostscript users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.21'");
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:H/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:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/08/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ghostscript-gpl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-text/ghostscript-gpl", unaffected:make_list("ge 9.21"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 9.21"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "GPL Ghostscript");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
gentoo | linux | ghostscript-gpl | p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ghostscript-gpl |
gentoo | linux | cpe:/o:gentoo:linux |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10219
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10220
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5951
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6196
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7207
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8291
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
6.8 Medium
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
7.8 High
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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.49 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.5%