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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : cups (ELSA-2013-0580)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68766

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0580 advisory.

 - Fix for CVE-2012-5519 patch: handle blacklisted lines that have no value part gracefully.
 - Added documentation for new CVE-2012-5519 option.
 - Applied patch to fix CVE-2012-5519 (privilege escalation for users in SystemGroup or with equivalent polkit permission). This prevents HTTP PUT requests with paths under /admin/conf/ other than that for cupsd.conf, and also prevents such requests altering certain configuration directives such as PageLog and FileDevice (bug #875898).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0580.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68766

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0580.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5519

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-php, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5519

BID: 56494

RHSA: 2013:0580