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GLSA-200412-25 : CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 16067
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-200412-25 (CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities)CUPS makes use of vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files (CAN-2004-1125). Furthermore, Ariel Berkman discovered a buffer overflow in the ParseCommand function in hpgl-input.c in the hpgltops program (CAN-2004-1267). Finally, Bartlomiej Sieka discovered several problems in the lppasswd program: it ignores some write errors (CAN-2004-1268), it can leave the passwd.new file in place (CAN-2004-1269) and it does not verify that passwd.new file is different from STDERR (CAN-2004-1270).
Impact :
The Xpdf and hpgltops vulnerabilities may be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending specific print jobs to a CUPS spooler. The lppasswd vulnerabilities may be exploited by a local attacker to write data to the CUPS password file or deny further password modifications.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/cups-1.1.23'
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?f172fa2d
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 16067
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200412-25.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 12/28/2004
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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: 12/28/2004
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-1125, CVE-2004-1267, CVE-2004-1268, CVE-2004-1269, CVE-2004-1270