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CentOS 3 / 4 : cups (CESA-2009:0308)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35719

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated cups packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Common UNIX(r) Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems.

The CUPS security advisory, RHSA-2008:0937, stated that it fixed CVE-2008-3640 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. It was discovered this flaw was not properly fixed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, however. (CVE-2009-0577)

These new packages contain a proper fix for CVE-2008-3640 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 already contain the appropriate fix for this flaw and do not need to be updated.

Users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected cups packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3acea5c

http://www.nessus.org/u?440bffae

http://www.nessus.org/u?5aa1c724

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35719

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-0308.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3640, CVE-2009-0577

BID: 31690

CWE: 189

RHSA: 2009:0308