Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870541
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for ghostscript RHSA-2012:0096-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript included the current working directory in its library search path by default. If a user ran Ghostscript without the option in an attacker-controlled directory containing a specially-crafted PostScript library file, it could cause Ghostscript to execute arbitrary PostScript code. With this update, Ghostscript no longer searches the current working directory for library files by default. (CVE-2010-4820) Note: The fix for CVE-2010-4820 could possibly break existing configurations. To use the previous, vulnerable behavior, run Ghostscript with the '-P' option (to always search the current working directory first). A flaw was found in the way Ghostscript interpreted PostScript Type 1 and PostScript Type 2 font files. An attacker could create a specially-crafted PostScript Type 1 or PostScript Type 2 font file that, when interpreted, could cause Ghostscript to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-4054) Users of Ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Affected Software/OS: ghostscript on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 4.4 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4054 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#538191 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538191 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2010-January/010333.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0095 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0096 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4820 20100522 Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433 51847 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51847 RHSA-2012:0095 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html RHSA-2012:0096 [oss-security] 20120104 Re: CVE request: ghostscript: system initialization file uncontrolled search path element http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/7 http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771853
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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