Debian DSA-3429-1 : foomatic-filters - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 87541

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Synopsis

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

Description

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

Solution

Upgrade the foomatic-filters packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.17-1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.17-5+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87541

File Name: debian_DSA-3429.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/22/2015

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

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:foomatic-filters, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560

DSA: 3429

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