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GLSA-200410-06 : CUPS: Leakage of sensitive information

low Nessus Plugin ID 15444

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-06 (CUPS: Leakage of sensitive information)

 When printing to a SMB-shared printer requiring authentication, CUPS leaks the user name and password to a logfile.
 Impact :

 A local user could gain knowledge of sensitive authentication data.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-print/cups-1.1.20-r3' # emerge '>=net-print/cups-1.1.20-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200410-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15444

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200410-06.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 10/9/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cups, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0923

GLSA: 200410-06