The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3476 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3476-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                    Thorsten Alteholz     June 30, 2023                                 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : cups     Version        : 2.2.10-6+deb10u8     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-34241


    An issue has been found in cups, the Common UNIX Printing System(tm).
    Due to a use-after-free bug an attacker could cause a denial-of-service.
    In case of having access to the log files, an attacker could also     exfiltrate private keys or other sensitive information from the cups     daemon.



    For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version     2.2.10-6+deb10u8.

    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.

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Debian dla-3476 : cups - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 177890

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.1 Jan 22, 2025, 8:38 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202501222038
Version 1.0 Jul 3, 2023, 12:11 PM New Plugin Feed: 202307031211