CentOS 4 / 5 : system-config-printer (CESA-2011:1196)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55996

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated system-config-printer packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

system-config-printer is a print queue configuration tool with a graphical user interface.

It was found that system-config-printer did not properly sanitize NetBIOS and workgroup names when searching for network printers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running system-config-printer. (CVE-2011-2899)

All users of system-config-printer are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. Running instances of system-config-printer must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected system-config-printer packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55996

File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-1196.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2011

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: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:system-config-printer-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:system-config-printer, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:system-config-printer-libs

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2899

RHSA: 2011:1196

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