Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Ghostscript vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-2483-2 First vendor Publication 2015-01-26
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-01-26
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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description: - ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details:

USN-2483-1 fixed vulnerabilities in JasPer. This update provides the corresponding fix for the JasPer library embedded in the Ghostscript package.

Original advisory details:

Jose Duart discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled ICC color profiles in
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8137)
Jose Duart discovered that JasPer incorrectly decoded certain malformed
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8138)
It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8157)
It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled memory when processing
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8158)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libgs8 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.7

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2483-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2483-1
CVE-2014-8137, CVE-2014-8138, CVE-2014-8157, CVE-2014-8158

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.7

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2483-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
67 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
33 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28259
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28259
Title: DSA-3106-1 -- jasper security update
Description: Jose Duart of the Google Security Team discovered a double free flaw (<a href="https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8137">CVE-2014-8137</a>) and a heap-based buffer overflow flaw (<a href="https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8138">CVE-2014-8138</a>) in JasPer, a library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-3106-1
CVE-2014-8137
CVE-2014-8138
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 7.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0
Product(s): jasper
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3
Os 1
Os 2
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
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2016-11-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
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2016-11-11 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2775-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-07 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-07 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
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2016-02-22 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
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2016-01-27 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-83.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-30 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2015-302-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-18 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-1713.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2015-0288-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-138.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-121.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-0698.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201503-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-13 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2015-479.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-12 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_jasper-150203.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-09 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-034.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-1159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-1062.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-04 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-97.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-1125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-1068.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2483-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2483-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-27 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3138.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-26 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2015-0074.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-23 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20150122_jasper_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-0074.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-23 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0074.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-09 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2015-466.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-09 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-16465.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-16349.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-16292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-30 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17274.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-30 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-30 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17259.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-29 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0087.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3106.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-19 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2014-2021.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-19 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20141218_jasper_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2014-2021.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-19 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-2021.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2015-01-28 13:24:16
  • Multiple Updates
2015-01-26 21:28:19
  • Multiple Updates
2015-01-26 17:26:11
  • Multiple Updates
2015-01-26 17:22:00
  • First insertion