CUPS < 2.0.1 SSLv3 Legacy Encryption Vulnerability (POODLE)

low Nessus Plugin ID 79580

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its banner, the CUPS printer service installed on the remote host is a version prior to 2.0.1. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a man-in-the-middle (MitM) information disclosure vulnerability known as POODLE. The vulnerability is due to the way SSL 3.0 handles padding bytes when decrypting messages encrypted using block ciphers in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode. MitM attackers can decrypt a selected byte of a cipher text in as few as 256 tries if they are able to force a victim application to repeatedly send the same data over newly created SSL 3.0 connections.

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

Solution

Either upgrade to CUPS version 2.0.1 or later, or apply the vendor patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 79580

File Name: cups_2_0_1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 6/23/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:cups

Required KB Items: www/cups, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3566

BID: 70574

CERT: 577193

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