openSUSE Security Update : foomatic-filters (openSUSE-SU-2011:0892-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75503

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The foomatic print filters of the hplip package contained a remote code execution vulnerability. Remote users, if allowed to access a print server such as CUPS, could execute arbitrary commands as lp system user. CVE-2011-2964: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (moderate) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P): Code Injection (CWE-94)

Solution

Update the affected foomatic-filters package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698451

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-08/msg00017.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75503

File Name: suse_11_3_foomatic-filters-110810.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:foomatic-filters

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2697, CVE-2011-2964