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Fedora 11 : cups-1.4.2-7.fc11 (2009-10891)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 42935
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Updated to 1.4.2 including XSS security fix (CVE-2009-2820). Fixed improper reference counting in abstract file descriptors handling interface (CVE-2009-3553). Fixed admin.cgi crash when modifying a class. Fix cups-lpd to create unique temporary data files. Pass through serial parameters correctly in web interface. Set the PRINTER_IS_SHARED variable for admin.cgi Fix removing files with lprm.Fixed German translation. Fixed PostScript errors with number-up handling. Fixed lspp-patch to avoid memory leak. Upstream fix for GNU TLS error handling bug. Reset SIGPIPE handler for child processes.
Fixed typo in admin web template. Fixed incorrect handling of out-of-memory when loading jobs. Fixed wrong driver reported in web interface.
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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529833
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 42935
File Name: fedora_2009-10891.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 12/1/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cups, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2820, CVE-2009-3553
FEDORA: 2009-10891