Executive Summary



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Summary
Title cups-filters vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-2659-1 First vendor Publication 2015-07-06
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-07-06
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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

cups-filters could be made to crash or run programs as the lp user if it processed a specially crafted print job.

Software Description: - cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details:

Petr Sklenar discovered that the cups-filters texttopdf filter incorrectly handled line sizes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as the lp user. (CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
cups-filters 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 14.10:
cups-filters 1.0.61-0ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
cups-filters 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
cups-filters 1.0.18-0ubuntu0.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2659-1
CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.67-0ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.61-0ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.18-0ubuntu0.4

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2659-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 72
Os 4
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-12-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20151119_cups_filters_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-02 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2015-2360.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-24 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2360.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-2360.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-02 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201510-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-314.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-08-14 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2015-1377-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-11192.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-11163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-492.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-08 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3303.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-07 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2659-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-06 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_bf1d933121b611e586ff14dae9d210b8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-01 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_b19da4221e0211e5b43d002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2015-07-15 00:30:23
  • Multiple Updates
2015-07-14 21:30:45
  • Multiple Updates
2015-07-08 13:28:48
  • Multiple Updates
2015-07-06 17:25:08
  • First insertion