GLSA-200703-28 : CUPS: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24933

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200703-28 (CUPS: Denial of Service)

CUPS does not properly handle partially-negotiated SSL connections.
Upon receiving a partially-negotiated SSL connection, CUPS no longer accepts further incoming connections, as the initial connection never times out.
Impact :

An attacker could partially negotiate an SSL connection with a CUPS server, and cause future connections to that server to fail, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/cups-1.2.9'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24933

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200703-28.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 4/5/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cups, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0720

BID: 23127

GLSA: 200703-28

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