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Debian DSA-5149-1 : cups - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161636

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5149 advisory.

 - A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2022-26691)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the cups packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/cups

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5149

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-26691

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/cups

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/cups

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161636

File Name: debian_DSA-5149.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2022

Updated: 6/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26691

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-ipp-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-daemon, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-core-drivers, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcups2-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-ppdc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-bsd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcups2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcupsimage2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcupsimage2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-server-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26691