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RHEL 8 : cups (RHSA-2022:5055)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 162301
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for cups.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5055 advisory.The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems.
Security Fix(es):
* cups: authorization bypass when using local authorization (CVE-2022-26691)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL cups package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:5055.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6ab2a9ff
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 162301
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5055.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/15/2022
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-lpd, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-client
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-26691