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Debian DSA-110-1 : cups - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 14947

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The authors of CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, have found a potential buffer overflow bug in the code of the CUPS daemon where it reads the names of attributes. This affects all versions of CUPS.

Solution

Upgrade the CUPS packages immediately if you have them installed.

This problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-10 for the stable Debian distribution and version 1.1.13-2 for the current testing/unstable distribution.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-110

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14947

File Name: debian_DSA-110.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cupsys, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0063

DSA: 110