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SuSE 10 Security Update : foomatic-filters (ZYPP Patch Number 7676)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55830

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

The foomatic print filters of the hplip package contained a remote code execution vulnerability. Remote users, if allowed to access a print server such as CUPS, could execute arbitrary commands as lp system user.

CVE-2011-2697: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Input Validation (CWE-20)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 7676.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2697.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2964.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55830

File Name: suse_foomatic-filters-7676.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2697, CVE-2011-2964

CWE: 20