CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : cups (CESA-2007:0123)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25041

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 3, 4, and 5.

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 handled SSL negotiation. A remote user capable of connecting to the CUPS daemon could cause a denial of service to other CUPS users. (CVE-2007-0720)

All users of CUPS should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch introducing a timeout, which prevents connections being kept open for an arbitrarily long time.

Solution

Update the affected cups packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25041

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0123.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 4/19/2007

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: 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: 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-lpd, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0720

BID: 23127

RHSA: 2007:0123

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