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Scientific Linux Security Update : cups on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)
high Nessus Plugin ID 135803
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Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
* cups: Local privilege escalation to root due to insecure environment variable handling * cups: Manipulation of cupsd.conf by a local attacker resulting in limited reads of arbitrary files as root * cups:Predictable session cookie breaks CSRF protection
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 135803
File Name: sl_20200407_cups_on_SL7_x.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 4/21/2020
Updated: 3/15/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-4181
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-4180
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cups-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cups-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cups-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2019