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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75843

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 packages.

See Also

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75843

File Name: suse_11_4_foomatic-filters-110811.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:foomatic-filters, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:foomatic-filters-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:foomatic-filters-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2011

Reference Information

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