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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : cups-browsed vulnerability (USN-7042-2)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 208471
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7042-2 advisory.USN-7042-1 fixed a vulnerability in cups-browsed. This update improves the fix by removing support for the legacy CUPS printer discovery protocol entirely.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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
Update the affected cups-browsed and / or cups-browsed-tests packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 208471
File Name: ubuntu_USN-7042-2.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 10/9/2024
Updated: 11/25/2024
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: 4.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47176
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cups-browsed-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cups-browsed, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2024
Exploitable With
Metasploit (CUPS IPP Attributes LAN Remote Code Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-47176
USN: 7042-2