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AlmaLinux 8 : cups-filters (ALSA-2024:7463)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208066

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:7463 advisory.

 * cups-browsed: cups-browsed binds on UDP INADDR_ANY:631 trusting any packet from any source ()
 * cups-filters: libcupsfilters: `cfGetPrinterAttributes` API does not perform sanitization on returned IPP attributes (CVE-2024-47076)
 * cups: libppd: remote command injection via attacker controlled data in PPD file ()

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

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

Solution

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

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-7463.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208066

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-7463.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/3/2024

Updated: 11/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47076

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 8

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47175

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-filters-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-filters, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-filters-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (CUPS IPP Attributes LAN Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176

CWE: 20, 77, 940