Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2024.067.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2024-067-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the SSA:2024-067-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the SSA:2024-067-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New ghostscript packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Fixes security issues: A vulnerability was identified in the way Ghostscript/GhostPDL called tesseract for the OCR devices, which could allow arbitrary code execution. Thanks to J_W for the heads-up. Mishandling of permission validation for pipe devices could allow arbitrary code execution. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'ghostscript' package(s) on Slackware 15.0, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-36664 Debian Security Information: DSA-5446 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5446 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2ICXN5VPF3WJCYKMPSYER5KHTPJXSTJZ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EWMEK2UPCUU3ZLL7VASE5CEHDQY4VKV/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706761 https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0974e4f2ac0005d3731e0b5c13ebc7e965540f4d https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=505eab7782b429017eb434b2b95120855f2b0e3c
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