Debian DSA-2600-1 : cups - privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 63385

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jann Horn discovered that users of the CUPS printing system who are part of the lpadmin group could modify several configuration parameters with security impact. Specifically, this allows an attacker to read or write arbitrary files as root which can be used to elevate privileges.

This update splits the configuration file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf into two files: cupsd.conf and cups-files.conf. While the first stays configurable via the web interface, the latter can only be configured by the root user. Please see the updated documentation that comes with the new package for more information on these files.

Solution

Upgrade the cups packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4-7+squeeze2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63385

File Name: debian_DSA-2600.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/7/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5519

BID: 56494

DSA: 2600

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