OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : ghostscript (OVMSA-2017-0103)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100205

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Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- Security fix for CVE-2017-8291 updated to address SIGSEGV

- Added security fix for CVE-2017-8291 (bug #1446063)

- Fix for regression caused by previous CVE fixes (bug #1410260)

Solution

Update the affected ghostscript package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100205

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0103.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks

Published: 5/16/2017

Updated: 5/25/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:ghostscript, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2017

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8291

Detections

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