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RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : cups (RHSA-2008:0498)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33096

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 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, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 operating systems.

An integer overflow flaw leading to a heap buffer overflow was discovered in the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) decoding routines used by the CUPS image converting filters 'imagetops' and 'imagetoraster'. An attacker could create a malicious PNG file that could possibly execute arbitrary code as the 'lp' user if the file was printed. (CVE-2008-1722)

All CUPS users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1722

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0498

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33096

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0498.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-lpd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1722

BID: 28781

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2008:0498