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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883005
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for ghostscript CESA-2019:0229 centos7
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:0229 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:0229 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF
documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats
so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es):

* ghostscript: use-after-free in copydevice handling (699661)
(CVE-2018-16540)

* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zdevice2.c (700153) (CVE-2018-19475)

* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zicc.c (700169) (CVE-2018-19476)

* ghostscript: access bypass in psi/zfjbig2.c (700168) (CVE-2018-19477)

* ghostscript: subroutines within pseudo-operators must themselves be
pseudo-operators (700317) (CVE-2019-6116)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy (Google Project Zero) for
reporting CVE-2019-6116.

Bug Fix(es):

* Previously, ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1 introduced a regression during
the standard input reading, causing a '/invalidfileaccess in --run--'
error. With this update, the regression has been fixed and the described
error no longer occurs. (BZ#1665919)

Affected Software/OS:
ghostscript on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-16540
Debian Security Information: DSA-4288 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHBA-2019:0327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0229
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-19475
BugTraq ID: 106154
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106154
Debian Security Information: DSA-4346 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=3005fcb9bb160af199e761e03bc70a9f249a987e
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=aeea342904978c9fe17d85f4906a0f6fcce2d315
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700153
https://semmle.com/news/semmle-discovers-severe-vulnerability-ghostscript-postscript-pdf
https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-19476
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=67d760ab775dae4efe803b5944b0439aa3c0b04a
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=434753adbe8be5534bfb9b7d91746023e8073d16
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700169
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-19477
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=ef252e7dc214bcbd9a2539216aab9202848602bb
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=606a22e77e7f081781e99e44644cd0119f559e03
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700168
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-6116
BugTraq ID: 106700
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700
Bugtraq: 20190402 [slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2019-092-01) (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
Debian Security Information: DSA-4372 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/
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