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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882976
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for ghostscript CESA-2018:3650 centos7
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2018:3650 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2018:3650 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: .tempfile file permission issues (699657) (CVE-2018-15908)

* ghostscript: shading_param incomplete type checking (699660)
(CVE-2018-15909)

* ghostscript: missing type check in type checker (699659) (CVE-2018-16511)

* ghostscript: incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose
contents of files (699658) (CVE-2018-16539)

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-2018-15908.

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-2018-15908
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=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:3650
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-15909
BugTraq ID: 105178
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105178
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522b
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-16511
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0edd3d6c634a577db261615a9dc2719bca7f6e01
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699659
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-16539
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
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