Debian DSA-3172-1 : cups - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81526

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Peter De Wachter discovered that CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, did not correctly parse compressed raster files. By submitting a specially crafted raster file, a remote attacker could use this vulnerability to trigger a buffer overflow.

Solution

Upgrade the cups packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.3-5+deb7u5.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.5-11.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81526

File Name: debian_DSA-3172.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9679

DSA: 3172

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