Alpine: multiple cups packages, ipptool: security update to 2.4.2-r6 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400078

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system. In versions 2.4.2 and prior, a heap buffer overflow
vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack. A buffer overflow
vulnerability in the function `format_log_line` could allow remote attackers to cause a DoS on the
affected system. Exploitation of the vulnerability can be triggered when the configuration file
`cupsd.conf` sets the value of `loglevel `to `DEBUG`. No known patches or workarounds exist at time of
publication. (CVE-2023-32324)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400078

Version: Revision 1.29

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32324

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32324

Detections

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