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Ubuntu 24.10 : cups-browsed vulnerability (USN-7042-3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 209439

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7042-3 advisory.

 USN-7042-2 released an improved fix for cups-browsed. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.10.



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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7042-3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 209439

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7042-3.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2024

Updated: 11/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cups-browsed-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (CUPS IPP Attributes LAN Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47176

USN: 7042-3