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Debian dla-3440 : cups - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 176635

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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-3440 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3440-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz June 01, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : cups Version : 2.2.10-6+deb10u7 CVE ID : CVE-2023-32324


 An issue has been found in cups, the Common UNIX Printing System.
 Due to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the function format_log_line() a remote attackers could cause a denial-of-service(DoS). The vulnerability can be triggered when the configuration file cupsd.conf sets the value of loglevel to DEBUG.



 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.10-6+deb10u7.

 We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.

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

 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 packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32324

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 176635

File Name: debian_DLA-3440.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32324

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32324