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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2001:023)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 61897

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Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A number of problems were found by the SuSE security team recently during an internal audit of the CUPS printing package. These problems have been resolved with the latest CUPS release which include temp file creation vulnerabilities, potential buffer overflows, and other security enhancements. It is highly recommended that all Linux-Mandrake users upgrade to this new version of CUPS. Due to prior packaging problems, users are advised to completely remove the following CUPS packages if they are currently installed on your system :

cups-common libcups1 libcups1-devel

You can do this by using 'rpm -e [package] --nodeps' for each package.
Once that is complete, you can upgrade CUPS using MandrakeUpdate.

Solution

Update the affected cups and / or cups-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 61897

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2001-023.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 9/6/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cups-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0194

MDKSA: 2001:023