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RHEL 8 : cups (RHSA-2024:4715)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 204596
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for cups.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4715 advisory.The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems.
Security Fix(es):
* cups: Cupsd Listen arbitrary chmod 0140777 (CVE-2024-35235)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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
Update the RHEL cups package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:4715.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?06931328
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 204596
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-4715.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/24/2024
Updated: 9/29/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-ipptool, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-filesystem
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: 7/24/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-35235