RHEL 8 : cups-filters (RHSA-2023:3429)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176719

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for cups-filters.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3429 advisory.

- cups-filters: remote code execution in cups-filters, beh CUPS backend (CVE-2023-24805)

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 RHEL cups-filters package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3429.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?adb894bd

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2203051

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3429

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176719

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3429.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-filters, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-filters-libs

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: 6/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24805

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2023:3429