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CentOS 4 : cups (CESA-2010:0755)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 49814
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated cups packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems. The CUPS 'pdftops' filter converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript.
Multiple flaws were discovered in the CUPS 'pdftops' filter. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when printed, would cause 'pdftops' to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the 'lp' user. (CVE-2010-3702, CVE-2009-3609)
Users of cups are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the cupsd daemon will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Update the affected cups packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 49814
File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0755.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 10/11/2010
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: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3609, CVE-2010-3702, CVE-2010-3703, CVE-2010-3704
BID: 36703