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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current cups Vulnerability (SSA:2024-163-02)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200369

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to cups.

Description

The version of cups installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2024-163-02 advisory.

 New cups packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the cups security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected cups package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c0ef3ae0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200369

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2024-163-02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/11/2024

Updated: 6/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:cups

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35235