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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.170542
Category:Denial of Service
Title:CUPS < 2.4.3 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:CUPS is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
CUPS is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the function format_log_line
could allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service(DoS) on the affected system. Exploitation
of the vulnerability can be triggered when the configuration file cupsd.conf sets the value of
loglevel to DEBUG.

Affected Software/OS:
CUPS prior to version 2.4.3.

Solution:
Update to version 2.4.3 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-32324
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-cxc6-w2g7-69p7
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00001.html
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