Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : cups vulnerability (USN-2520-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81573

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Peter De Wachter discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed compressed raster files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected cups package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2520-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81573

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2520-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cups, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9679

BID: 72594

USN: 2520-1