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GLSA-201607-06 : CUPS: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92350

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201607-06 (CUPS: Buffer overflow)

 A vulnerability has been discovered in CUPS concerning the handling of compressed raster files.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/cups-2.0.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92350

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201607-06.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 7/18/2016

Updated: 1/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9679

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cups

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9679

GLSA: 201607-06