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Amazon Linux 2 : cups (ALAS-2023-2228)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181171

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of cups installed on the remote host is prior to 1.6.3-51. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2228 advisory.

 - An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.7, macOS Monterey 12.6.6, macOS Ventura 13.4. An unauthenticated user may be able to access recently printed documents. (CVE-2023-32360)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update cups' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2228.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-32360.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181171

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2228.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2023

Updated: 9/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-lpd, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32360