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Echo: cups: security update to 2.4.16-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 464245

Description

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

 - OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior
 to version 2.4.15, a client that connects to cupsd but sends slow messages, e.g. only one byte per second,
 delays cupsd as a whole, such that it becomes unusable by other clients. This issue has been patched in
 version 2.4.15. (CVE-2025-58436)

Solution

Update the cups library and its related packages to version 2.4.16-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-58436

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 464245

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

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-2025-58436

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: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-58436