Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Ghostscript vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2697-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-07-30 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-07-30 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted file. Software Description: - ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter Details: William Robinet and Stefan Cornelius discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2697-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-12-13 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-33.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-10-12 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2493-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-04-07 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-25 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-0884-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-09-02 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_fc1f66584f5311e5934b002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-07 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-537.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-03 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3326.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-07-31 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2697-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-07-27 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-280.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2015-08-12 13:33:38 |
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| 2015-08-12 00:30:36 |
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| 2015-08-11 21:27:41 |
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| 2015-07-30 17:25:38 |
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