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CentOS 4 : cups (CESA-2005:772)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23982

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated CUPS packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update has been rated as having moderate 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.

A bug was found in the way CUPS processes malformed HTTP requests. It is possible for a remote user capable of connecting to the CUPS daemon to issue a malformed HTTP GET request that causes CUPS to enter an infinite loop. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2874 to this issue.

Two small bugs have also been fixed in this update. A signal handling problem has been fixed that could occasionally cause the scheduler to stop when told to reload. A problem with tracking open file descriptors under certain specific circumstances has also been fixed.

All users of CUPS should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected cups packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?33ec3794

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5ea71b5

http://www.nessus.org/u?be02d469

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23982

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-772.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2874

RHSA: 2005:772