RHEL 7 : cups (RHSA-2020:3864)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143068

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3864 advisory.

- cups: DNS rebinding attacks via incorrect whitelist (CVE-2017-18190)

- cups: stack-buffer-overflow in libcups's asn1_get_type function (CVE-2019-8675)

- cups: stack-buffer-overflow in libcups's asn1_get_packed function (CVE-2019-8696)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18190

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8675

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8696

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3864

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1546395

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1738455

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1738497

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143068

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3864.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2020

Updated: 2/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8696

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

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-lpd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18190, CVE-2019-8675, CVE-2019-8696

CWE: 121, 284

RHSA: 2020:3864