The version of cups-filters installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.35-26. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2656 advisory.

    CUPS is a standards-based, open-source printing system, and `cups-browsed` contains network printing     functionality including, but not limited to, auto-discovering print services and shared printers. `cups-     browsed` binds to `INADDR_ANY:631`, causing it to trust any packet from any source, and can cause the     `Get-Printer-Attributes` IPP request to an attacker controlled URL.

    Due to the service binding to `*:631 ( INADDR_ANY )`, multiple bugs in `cups-browsed` can be exploited in     sequence to introduce a malicious printer to the system. This chain of exploits ultimately enables an     attacker to execute arbitrary commands remotely on the target machine without authentication when a print     job is started. This poses a significant security risk over the network. Notably, this vulnerability is     particularly concerning as it can be exploited from the public internet, potentially exposing a vast     number of systems to remote attacks if their CUPS services are enabled. (CVE-2024-47176)

    CUPS cups-browsed before 2.5b1 will send an HTTP POST request to an arbitrary destination and port in     response to a single IPP UDP packet requesting a printer to be added, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2024-47176. (The request is meant to probe the new printer but can be used to create DDoS     amplification attacks.) (CVE-2024-47850)

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

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

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Amazon Linux 2 : cups-filters (ALAS-2024-2656)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210097

Version 1.3