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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : cups-filters vulnerabilities (USN-2659-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 84564

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Petr Sklenar discovered that the cups-filters texttopdf filter incorrectly handled line sizes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as the lp user. (CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279).

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2659-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 84564

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2659-1.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/7/2015

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3279

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3258

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cups-filters, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cups-filters-core-drivers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcupsfilters-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcupsfilters1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfontembed-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfontembed1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cups-browsed

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279

BID: 75436

USN: 2659-1