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Fedora 7 : cups-1.2.12-9.fc7 (2008-1976)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 31178
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update contains a back-ported fix for a security issue that may cause cups daemon to crash via special browse requests (CVE-2008-0882, #433758, SA28994, STR#2656).Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected cups package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 31178
File Name: fedora_2008-1976.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 2/26/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cups, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0882
BID: 27906