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Debian dla-3430 : cups-browsed - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 176214

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3430 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3430-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz May 22, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : cups-filters Version : 1.21.6-5+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2023-24805 Debian Bug : 1036224


 It was discovered that missing input sanitising in cups-filters, when using the Backend Error Handler (beh) backend to create an accessible network printer, may result in the execution of arbitrary commands.


 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.21.6-5+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your cups-filters packages.

 For the detailed security status of cups-filters please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cups-filters

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the cups-browsed packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?62e18b04

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-24805

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176214

File Name: debian_DLA-3430.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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: 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:10.0, 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