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CentOS Linux 8 [TuxCare] Security Update: cups / cups-client / cups-devel / cups-filesystem / cups-ipptool / etc (CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1777540724)

high Nessus Plugin ID 352364

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Synopsis

The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS- STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1777540724 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

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1777540724.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1777540724

http://www.nessus.org/u?6286e17a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 352364

File Name: tuxcare_centos_8_CLSA-2026-1777540724.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4504

CLSA: 2026:1777540724