openSUSE Security Update : cups (openSUSE-2018-822)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111587

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for cups fixes the following issues :

The following security vulnerabilities were fixed :

- CVE-2017-18248: Handle invalid characters properly in printing jobs. This fixes a problem that was causing the DBUS library to abort the calling process. (bsc#1061066 bsc#1087018)

- Fixed a local privilege escalation to root and sandbox bypasses in the scheduler

- CVE-2018-4180: Fixed a local privilege escalation to root in dnssd backend (bsc#1096405)

- CVE-2018-4181: Limited local file reads as root via cupsd.conf include directive (bsc#1096406)

- CVE-2018-4182: Fixed a sandbox bypass due to insecure error handling (bsc#1096407)

- CVE-2018-4183: Fixed a sandbox bypass due to profile misconfiguration (bsc#1096408)

The following other issue was fixed :

- Fixed authorization check for clients (like samba) connected through the local socket when Kerberos authentication is enabled (bsc#1050082)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected cups packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111587

File Name: openSUSE-2018-822.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/8/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-ddk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-ddk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cups-libs-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18248, CVE-2018-4180, CVE-2018-4181, CVE-2018-4182, CVE-2018-4183

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