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Debian DSA-3419-1 : cups-filters - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 87383

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Synopsis

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

Description

Adam Chester discovered that missing input sanitising in the foomatic-rip print filter might result in the execution of arbitrary commands.

Solution

Upgrade the cups-filters packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.61-5+deb8u3.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=807930

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/cups-filters

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3419

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87383

File Name: debian_DSA-3419.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/16/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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 v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-filters

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8560

DSA: 3419