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MiracleLinux 3 : cups-1.3.7-18.8.0.1.AXS3 (AXSA:2010-481:05)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 284300

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2010-481:05 advisory.

 The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2010-2431 The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.
 CVE-2010-2941 No description available at the time of writing, see the CVE link below.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected cups, cups-devel and / or cups-libs packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/1645

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 284300

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2010-481.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2941

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:cups-libs, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2431, CVE-2010-2941