RHEL 5 : cups (RHSA-2007:1020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27602

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for cups.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2007:1020 advisory.

- cups boundary error (CVE-2007-4351)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL cups package based on the guidance in RHSA-2007:1020.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?007b6183

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213828

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228107

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229673

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230073

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230613

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231522

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237953

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=240223

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=241400

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250415

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345091

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1020

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27602

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-1020.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2007

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-4351

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-lpd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4351

RHSA: 2007:1020