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RHEL 3 : cups (RHSA-2008:1028)
high Nessus Plugin ID 35182
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.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The Common UNIX(r) 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, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the 'lp' user if the file was printed. (CVE-2008-5286)
CUPS users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Solution
Update the affected cups, cups-devel and / or cups-libs packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35182
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-1028.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/16/2008
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups
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: 12/15/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1722, CVE-2008-5286
BID: 32518