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Alpine: multiple cups-filters packages: security update to 1.28.17-r2
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 403944
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- cups-filters contains backends, filters, and other software required to get the cups printing service
working on operating systems other than macos. If you use the Backend Error Handler (beh) to create an
accessible network printer, this security vulnerability can cause remote code execution. `beh.c` contains
the line `retval = system(cmdline) >> 8;` which calls the `system` command with the operand `cmdline`.
`cmdline` contains multiple user controlled, unsanitized values. As a result an attacker with network
access to the hosted print server can exploit this vulnerability to inject system commands which are
executed in the context of the running server. This issue has been addressed in commit `8f2740357` and is
expected to be bundled in the next release. Users are advised to upgrade when possible and to restrict
access to network printers in the meantime. (CVE-2023-24805)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 403944
Version: Revision 1.29
Type: Local
Published: 10/31/2023
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24805
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-24805