Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | CUPS vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2172-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-04-24 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-04-24 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) Details: Alex Korobkin discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly protected against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. If an authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while logged into CUPS, a remote attacker could modify the CUPS configuration and possibly steal confidential data. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: Ubuntu 12.10: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2172-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-79 | Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24632 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24632 | ||
| Title: | USN-2172-1 -- cups vulnerability | ||
| Description: | CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2172-1 CVE-2014-2856 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | cups |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-11-16 | Apple CUPS web interface cross site scripting attempt RuleID : 31860 - Revision : 4 - Type : SERVER-OTHER |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2015-03-30 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-108.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-19 | Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software. File : solaris11_cups_20141120.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-26 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0035.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-12 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2014-1388.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-04 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20141014_cups_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-03 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2014-438.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-17 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1388.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-14 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1388.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-05-19 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-091.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-04-30 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-5079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-04-29 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-4384.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-04-28 | Name : The remote print service is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. File : cups_1_7_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-04-25 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2172-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-04-26 13:22:00 |
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| 2014-04-24 21:20:44 |
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