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AlmaLinux 10 : cups (ALSA-2026:0464)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 291527

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:0464 advisory.

 * CUPS: Local denial-of-service via cupsd.conf update and related issues (CVE-2025-61915)
 * cups: Slow client communication leads to a possible DoS attack (CVE-2025-58436)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-0464.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0464

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 291527

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-0464.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2026

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-61915

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:alma:linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-printerapp, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-58436, CVE-2025-61915

CWE: 1173, 412

RHSA: 2026:0464