CUPS 1.6.x >= 1.6.4 / 1.7.x < 1.7.1 lppasswd Information Disclosure

low Nessus Plugin ID 71977

Synopsis

The remote print service is potentially affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of CUPS installed on the remote host is 1.6.x greater or equal to 1.6.4 or 1.7.x earlier than 1.7.1.
It is, therefore, potentially affected by an information disclosure vulnerability related to the 'lppasswd' binary, setuid settings, and the use of '~/.cups/client.conf' files that could allow a local attacker to obtain contents from arbitrary files in certain configurations.

Solution

Upgrade to CUPS version 1.7.1 or later, or apply the vendor patch.

See Also

http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319

https://www.cups.org/blog/2014-01-08-cups-1.7.1.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 71977

File Name: cups_1_7_1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/15/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6891

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:cups

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/cups

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6891

BID: 64985