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Debian DSA-317-1 : cupsys - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15154

Synopsis

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

Description

The CUPS print server in Debian is vulnerable to a denial of service when an HTTP request is received without being properly terminated.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.14-5.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-12.2.

We recommend that you update your cupsys package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-317

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15154

File Name: debian_DSA-317.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cupsys

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0195

BID: 7637

DSA: 317