Debian DLA-365-1 : foomatic-filters security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 87287

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an injection vulnerability in foomatic-filters which is used by printer spoolers to convert incoming PostScript data into the printer's native format.

For Debian 6 Squeeze, this issue has been fixed in foomatic-filters version 4.0.5-6+squeeze2+deb6u11

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Solution

Upgrade the affected foomatic-filters package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87287

File Name: debian_DLA-365.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/10/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:foomatic-filters, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8327

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