CentOS 3 / 4 : cups (CESA-2006:0163)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 21886

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated CUPS packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX(R) operating systems.

Chris Evans discovered several flaws in the way CUPS processes PDF files. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause CUPS to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the names CVE-2005-3624, CVE-2005-3625, CVE-2005-3626, and CVE-2005-3627 to these issues.

All users of CUPS should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected cups packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 21886

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0163.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3624, CVE-2005-3625, CVE-2005-3626, CVE-2005-3627

RHSA: 2006:0163

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