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Debian dla-3826 : cups - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200497

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3826 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3826-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz June 13, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : cups Version : 2.2.10-6+deb10u10 CVE ID : CVE-2024-35235


 An issue has been found in cups, the Common UNIX Printing System(tm).
 When starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item pointing to a symbolic link, the cupsd process can be caused to perform an arbitrary chmod of the provided argument, providing world-writable access to the target.



 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.10-6+deb10u10.

 We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.

 For the detailed security status of cups please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cups

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the cups packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/cups

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-35235

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/cups

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200497

File Name: debian_DLA-3826.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2024

Updated: 9/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/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:debian:debian_linux:cups-server-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-ppdc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcups2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcupsimage2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcupsimage2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-daemon, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-ipp-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-core-drivers, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups-bsd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcups2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35235