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Debian DSA-1933-1 : cups - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44798

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Aaron Siegel discovered that the web interface of cups, the Common UNIX Printing System, is prone to cross-site scripting attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the cups packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-4+etch9.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.8-1+lenny7.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1933

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44798

File Name: debian_DSA-1933.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2820

BID: 36958

CWE: 79

DSA: 1933