Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | GhostScript utility script vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3-1 | First vendor Publication | 2004-10-27 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2004-10-27 |
| 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: gs-common The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 0.3.6ubuntu1.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the gs-common package. The utilities "pv.sh" and "ps2epsi" created temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-59 | Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10284 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10284 | ||
| Title: | The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. | ||
| Description: | The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0967 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-18 (Ghostscript) File : nvt/glsa_200410_18.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: ghostscript-gnu, ghostscript-gnu-nox11 File : nvt/freebsd_ghostscript-gnu.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 11069 | Ghostscript Multiple Scripts Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite Ghostscript contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue is due to multiple scripts creating temporary files with predictable names in world-writeable directories. It is possible that the flaw may allow a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files, resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-07-03 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2005-081.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-05-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_27a70a015f6c11da8d54000cf18bbe54.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-05 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-081.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-10-21 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200410-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:03:32 |
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