CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
88.5%
Updated cups packages fix security vulnerabilities :
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path, related to the is_path_absolute function (CVE-2014-2856).
In CUPS before 1.7.4, a local user with privileges of group=lp can write symbolic links in the rss directory and use that to gain ‘@SYSTEM’ group privilege with cupsd (CVE-2014-3537).
It was discovered that the web interface in CUPS incorrectly validated permissions on rss files and directory index files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary files, possibly leading to a privilege escalation (CVE-2014-5029, CVE-2014-5030, CVE-2014-5031).
A malformed file with an invalid page header and compressed raster data can trigger a buffer overflow in cupsRasterReadPixels (CVE-2014-9679).
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:108.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(82361);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2856", "CVE-2014-3537", "CVE-2014-5029", "CVE-2014-5030", "CVE-2014-5031", "CVE-2014-9679");
script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2015:108");
script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDVSA-2015:108)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated cups packages fix security vulnerabilities :
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in
Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote
attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path,
related to the is_path_absolute function (CVE-2014-2856).
In CUPS before 1.7.4, a local user with privileges of group=lp can
write symbolic links in the rss directory and use that to gain
'@SYSTEM' group privilege with cupsd (CVE-2014-3537).
It was discovered that the web interface in CUPS incorrectly validated
permissions on rss files and directory index files. A local attacker
could possibly use this issue to bypass file permissions and read
arbitrary files, possibly leading to a privilege escalation
(CVE-2014-5029, CVE-2014-5030, CVE-2014-5031).
A malformed file with an invalid page header and compressed raster
data can trigger a buffer overflow in cupsRasterReadPixels
(CVE-2014-9679)."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0193.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0067.html"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cups");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cups-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cups-filesystem");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cups2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cups2-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/03/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/03/30");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK-MBS2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-1.7.0-8.1.mbs2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK-MBS2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"cups-common-1.7.0-8.1.mbs2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK-MBS2", reference:"cups-filesystem-1.7.0-8.1.mbs2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK-MBS2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64cups2-1.7.0-8.1.mbs2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK-MBS2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64cups2-devel-1.7.0-8.1.mbs2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0193.html
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0067.html
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2856
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3537
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5029
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5030
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5031
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9679