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Oracle Linux 5 : Moderate: / cups (ELSA-2007-0123)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67462

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0123 advisory.

 [1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18]
 - REVERTED these changes:
 - Applied patch from STR #1301 (bug #195354).
 - Patch pdftops to understand 'includeifexists', and use that in the pdftops.conf file (bug #188583).
 - Clear the printer's state_message and state_reasons after successful job completion (bug #187457).
 - Include dest-cache-v2 patch (bug #175847).
 - Back-ported CUPS 1.2.x change to fix out of order IPP jobs (bug #171142).
 - Back-ported large file support (bug #211915).
 - Back-ported HTTP timing fix for STR #1020 (bug #194025).

 [1.1.22-0.rc1.9.16]
 - Restored use_dbus setting.

 [1.1.22-0.rc1.9.15]
 - Added timeouts to SSL negotiation (bug #232241).

 [1.1.22-0.rc1.9.14]
 - Back-ported HTTP timing fix for STR #1020 (bug #194025).

 [1.1.22-0.rc1.9.13]
 - Back-ported large file support (bug #211915).

 [1.1.22-0.rc1.9.12]
 - Back-ported CUPS 1.2.x change to fix out of order IPP jobs (bug #171142).
 - Include dest-cache-v2 patch (bug #175847).
 - Resolves: rhbz #171142

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-0123.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67462

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0123.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-0720

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:oracle:linux:cups-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cups

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0720

BID: 23127

RHSA: 2007:0123