Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2023.5383
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5383-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-5383-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-5383-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the (T)BCP encoding filters, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if malformed document files are processed (despite the -dSAFER sandbox being enabled). For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 9.53.3~ dfsg-7+deb11u4. 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. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-28879 Debian Security Information: DSA-5383 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5383 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MADLP3GWJFLLFVNZGEDNPMDQR6CCXAHN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CI6UCKM3XMK7PYNIRGAVDJ5VKN6XYZOE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHJX62KSRIOBZA6FKONMJP7MEFY7LTH2/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706494 https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/News.html https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=37ed5022cecd584de868933b5b60da2e995b3179 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00003.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/4
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