Oracle Linux 7 : cups-filters (ELSA-2015-2360)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 87035

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-2360 advisory.

- Fix heap-based buffer overflow in texttopdf filter (bug #1241242, CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279).
- Applied upstream patch to fix BrowseAllow parsing issue (CVE-2014-4338, bug #1091568).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected cups-filters, cups-filters-devel and / or cups-filters-libs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 87035

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2360.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/24/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3279

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-filters-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-filters-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-filters

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279

RHSA: 2015:2360

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