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Amazon Linux 2 : cups (ALAS-2023-2293)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183467

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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 ALAS2-2023-2293 advisory.

 - Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7, released in September of 2023. (CVE-2023-4504)

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-2023-2293.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-4504.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183467

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2293.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 11/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4504

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4504