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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : cups-filters (SUSE-SU-2024:3756-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209833

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2024:3756-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-47850: Fixed cups-browsed can be abused to initiate remote DDoS against third-party targets (bsc#1231294)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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-filters, cups-filters-cups-browsed, cups-filters-foomatic-rip and / or cups-filters-ghostscript packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231294

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9591951

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-47850

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209833

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3756-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2024

Updated: 10/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47850

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-cups-browsed, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters-foomatic-rip, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-filters

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47850

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3756-1