Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2023.5446
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5446-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-5446-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-5446-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, does not properly handle permission validation for pipe devices, which could result in the execution of arbitrary commands if malformed document files are processed. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 9.53.3~ dfsg-7+deb11u5. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 10.0.0~ dfsg-11+deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages. For the detailed security status of ghostscript please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'ghostscript' package(s) on Debian 11, Debian 12. 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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