Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2014:091)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74070

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability :

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path, related to the is_path_absolute function (CVE-2014-2856).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0193.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74070

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-091.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cups-common, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cups-serial, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cups2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cups2-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:php-cups, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2856

BID: 66788

MDVSA: 2014:091