Oracle Linux 7 : cups (ELSA-2020-3864)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141234

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-3864 advisory.

- 1823758 - CVE-2017-18190 cups: DNS rebinding attacks via incorrect whitelist [rhel-7]
- 1774460 - CVE-2019-8696 cups: stack-buffer-overflow in libcupss asn1_get_packed function [rhel-7]
- 1774461 - CVE-2019-8675 cups: stack-buffer-overflow in libcupss asn1_get_type function [rhel-7]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-3864.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141234

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-3864.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/7/2020

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8696

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-filesystem, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18190, CVE-2019-8675, CVE-2019-8696