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Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 : system-config-printer vulnerability (USN-1265-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56868

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Marc Deslauriers discovered that system-config-printer's cupshelpers scripts used by the Ubuntu automatic printer driver download service queried the OpenPrinting database using an insecure connection. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to install altered packages and repositories.

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Solution

Update the affected python-cupshelpers package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1265-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56868

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1265-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-cupshelpers, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4405

USN: 1265-1