Detections
Analytics

openSUSE Security Update : cups (openSUSE-2021-638)

low Nessus Plugin ID 149557

Language:

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for cups fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2021-25317: ownership of /var/log/cups could allow privilege escalation from lp user to root via symlink attacks (bsc#1184161)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected cups packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184161

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 149557

File Name: openSUSE-2021-638.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2021

Updated: 1/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25317

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsimage2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsppdc1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupscgi1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcups2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcups2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupscgi1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcups2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupscgi1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsmime1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsimage2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsppdc1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-ddk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsmime1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-ddk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsmime1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsppdc1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcups2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsimage2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsmime1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsppdc1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupsimage2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcupscgi1-32bit-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25317