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Slackware 10.0 / 9.1 / current : CUPS DoS (SSA:2004-266-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18752

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New CUPS packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a denial of service issue where a malformed packet can crash the CUPS server.

Solution

Update the affected cups package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ce61704a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18752

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2004-266-01.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:cups, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0558

SSA: 2004-266-01