Debian DSA-5407-1 : cups-filters - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 176198

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5407 advisory.

- cups-filters contains backends, filters, and other software required to get the cups printing service working on operating systems other than macos. If you use the Backend Error Handler (beh) to create an accessible network printer, this security vulnerability can cause remote code execution. `beh.c` contains the line `retval = system(cmdline) >> 8;` which calls the `system` command with the operand `cmdline`.
`cmdline` contains multiple user controlled, unsanitized values. As a result an attacker with network access to the hosted print server can exploit this vulnerability to inject system commands which are executed in the context of the running server. This issue has been addressed in commit `8f2740357` and is expected to be bundled in the next release. Users are advised to upgrade when possible and to restrict access to network printers in the meantime. (CVE-2023-24805)

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-filters packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.28.7-1+deb11u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176198

File Name: debian_DSA-5407.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/22/2023

Updated: 5/29/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24805

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfontembed1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfontembed-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-filters, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcupsfilters1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcupsfilters-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-browsed, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-filters-core-drivers

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24805

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