CUPS < 1.3.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4456

Synopsis

The remote printer service is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the version of CUPS installed on the remote host is affected by several issues :

- A buffer overflow in 'cgiCompileSearch' that can lead to arbitrary code execution (STR #2729).
- A GIF image filter overflow involving 'code_size' value from a user-supplied GIF image used in 'gif_read_lzw' (STR #2765).
- A temporary file with Samba credentials may be left behind by cupsaddsmb if no Windows drivers were installed (STR #2779).

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.3.7 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 4456

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/3/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 31730

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:easy_software_products:cups

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0047, CVE-2008-1373

BID: 28307, 28544

Detections

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