SuSE 11.3 Security Update : CUPS (SAT Patch Number 9561)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77217

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update fixes various issues in CUPS.

- Various insufficient symbolic link checking could have lead to privilege escalation from the lp user to root.
(CVE-2014-3537 / CVE-2014-5029 / CVE-2014-5030 / CVE-2014-5031)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9561.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77217

File Name: suse_11_cups-140729.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/15/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:cups, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:cups-libs-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:cups-client

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3537, CVE-2014-5029, CVE-2014-5030, CVE-2014-5031

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