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RHEL 3 : cups (RHSA-2005:571)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19213

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated CUPS packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX(R) operating systems.

When processing a request, the CUPS scheduler would use case-sensitive matching on the queue name to decide which authorization policy should be used. However, queue names are not case-sensitive. An unauthorized user could print to a password-protected queue without needing a password. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-2154 to this issue.

Please note that the version of CUPS included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is not vulnerable to this issue.

All users of CUPS should upgrade to these erratum packages which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected cups, cups-devel and / or cups-libs packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-2154

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:571

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19213

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-571.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2154

RHSA: 2005:571