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Oracle Linux 8 : cups (ELSA-2025-0083)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213957

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-0083 advisory.

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 - RHEL-60338 CVE-2024-47175 cups: remote command injection via attacker controlled data in PPD file

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-0083.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213957

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-0083.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2025

Updated: 1/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47175

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-filesystem, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (CUPS IPP Attributes LAN Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47175