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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880781
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for cups CESA-2009:0308 centos3 i386
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'cups'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'cups'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The Common UNIX® Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer
for UNIX operating systems.

The CUPS security advisory, RHSA-2008:0937, stated that it fixed
CVE-2008-3640 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. It was discovered
this flaw was not properly fixed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, however.
(CVE-2009-0577)

These new packages contain a proper fix for CVE-2008-3640 on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 already contain the
appropriate fix for this flaw and do not need to be updated.

Users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
cups on CentOS 3

Solution:
Please install the updated packages.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0577
33995
http://secunia.com/advisories/33995
RHSA-2009:0308
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0308.html
cups-texttops-writeprolog-bo(48977)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48977
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-064.htm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486052
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9968
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9968
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3640
BugTraq ID: 31690
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31690
Debian Security Information: DSA-1656 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1656
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00331.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00380.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=752
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:211
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10266
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021034
http://secunia.com/advisories/32084
http://secunia.com/advisories/32226
http://secunia.com/advisories/32284
http://secunia.com/advisories/32292
http://secunia.com/advisories/32316
http://secunia.com/advisories/32331
http://secunia.com/advisories/33085
http://secunia.com/advisories/33111
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-261088-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:021 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2782
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3401
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1568
XForce ISS Database: cups-writeprolog-bo(45790)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45790
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