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CentOS 8 : cups (CESA-2020:1765)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145825

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:1765 advisory.

 - 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1765

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145825

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-1765.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cups-lpd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8675, CVE-2019-8696

RHSA: 2020:1765