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Amazon Linux AMI : cups (ALAS-2023-1857)
high Nessus Plugin ID 183848
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
The version of cups installed on the remote host is prior to 1.4.2-67.25. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1857 advisory.- Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7, released in September of 2023. (CVE-2023-4504)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update cups' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1857.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 183848
File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1857.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/25/2023
Updated: 11/10/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4504
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cups-php, cpe:/o:amazon:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-4504