The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3904 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3904-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                    Thorsten Alteholz     September 29, 2024                            https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : cups     Version        : 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u9     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 Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     2.3.3op2-3+deb11u9.

    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 LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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.

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Debian dla-3904 : cups - security update

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