CUPS < 1.3.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Plugin ID 31730

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Synopsis

The remote printer service is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the version of CUPS installed on the remote host is affected by several issues :

- A buffer overflow exists in 'cgiCompileSearch' that could lead to arbitrary code execution (STR #2729).

- A GIF image filter overflow exists involving 'code_size' value from a user-supplied GIF image used in 'gif_read_lzw' (STR #2765).

- A temporary file with Samba credentials may be left behind by cupsaddsmb if no Windows drivers were installed (STR #2779).

Solution

Upgrade to CUPS version 1.3.7 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 31730

File Name: cups_1_3_7.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/3/2008

Updated: 7/6/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cups:cups

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/cups

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0047, CVE-2008-1373

BID: 28307, 28544

CWE: 119

Detections

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