GLSA-201908-08 : CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 127957

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201908-08 (CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CUPS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/cups-2.2.8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-08

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127957

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201908-08.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 8/20/2019

Updated: 5/23/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15400

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cups, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15400, CVE-2018-4180, CVE-2018-4181, CVE-2018-4182, CVE-2018-4183, CVE-2018-6553

GLSA: 201908-08