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Debian dsa-5779 : cups - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 207906

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5779 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5779-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso September 29, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : cups CVE ID : CVE-2024-47175

 Simone Margaritelli reported that cups, the Common UNIX Printing System, does not properly sanitize IPP attributes when creating PPD files, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-3+deb12u8.

 We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.

 For the detailed security status of cups please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cups

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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 cups packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/cups

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-47175

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/cups

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207906

File Name: debian_DSA-5779.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2024

Updated: 9/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-ppdc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-server-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcups2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcupsimage2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcupsimage2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-daemon, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-ipp-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-core-drivers, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-bsd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcups2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47175