Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2023.0134
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2023-0134)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2023-0134 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2023-0134 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an escaped character, two bytes are written. (CVE-2023-28879) Affected Software/OS: 'ghostscript' package(s) on Mageia 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-28879 Debian Security Information: DSA-5383 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5383 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MADLP3GWJFLLFVNZGEDNPMDQR6CCXAHN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CI6UCKM3XMK7PYNIRGAVDJ5VKN6XYZOE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHJX62KSRIOBZA6FKONMJP7MEFY7LTH2/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706494 https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/News.html https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00003.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/4
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