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CUPS < 1.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5574
Synopsis
The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The remote host is running CUPS, an open source print server.Versions of CUPS earlier than 1.4.4 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- The texttops filter does not check the results of memory allocations. (STR #3715)
- A use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface. Note that this is related to an incomplete patch for CVE-2009-3553. (STR #3490)
- In certain instances, the web interface can disclose the contents of memory. (STR #3577)
- CUPS can overwrite files as root in directories not owned or writeable by non-root users. (STR #3510)
- An infinite loop can occur when CUPS is not compiled with HAVE_GSSAPI. (STR #3518)
Solution
Upgrade to CUPS 1.4.4 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 5574
Family: Web Servers
Published: 6/18/2010
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 47683
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
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:/a:apple:cups
Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0540, CVE-2010-0542, CVE-2010-1748, CVE-2010-2431, CVE-2010-2432