GLSA-200409-24 : Foomatic: Arbitrary command execution in foomatic-rip filter

high Nessus Plugin ID 14779

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-24 (Foomatic: Arbitrary command execution in foomatic-rip filter)

There is a vulnerability in the foomatic-filters package. This vulnerability is due to insufficient checking of command-line parameters and environment variables in the foomatic-rip filter.
Impact :

This vulnerability may allow both local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the print server with the permissions of the spooler (oftentimes the 'lp' user).
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All foomatic users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-print/foomatic-3.0.2' # emerge '>=net-print/foomatic-3.0.2' PLEASE NOTE: You should update foomatic, instead of foomatic-filters. This will help to ensure that all other foomatic components remain functional.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14779

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200409-24.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 9/21/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:foomatic, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:foomatic-filters, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0801

GLSA: 200409-24

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