4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%
The version of cups installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2024-163-02 advisory.
New cups packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the cups security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory SSA:2024-163-02. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(200369);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-35235");
script_name(english:"Slackware Linux 15.0 / current cups Vulnerability (SSA:2024-163-02)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to cups.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of cups installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the SSA:2024-163-02 advisory.
New cups packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the cups security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2024&m=slackware-security.361663
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c0ef3ae0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the affected cups package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-35235");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/06/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/06/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/06/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:cups");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");
exit(0);
}
include("slackware.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);
var flag = 0;
var constraints = [
{ 'fixed_version' : '2.4.9', 'product' : 'cups', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'i586' },
{ 'fixed_version' : '2.4.9', 'product' : 'cups', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
{ 'fixed_version' : '2.4.9', 'product' : 'cups', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '1', 'arch' : 'i586' },
{ 'fixed_version' : '2.4.9', 'product' : 'cups', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '1', 'arch' : 'x86_64' }
];
foreach var constraint (constraints) {
var pkg_arch = constraint['arch'];
var arch = NULL;
if (pkg_arch == "x86_64") {
arch = pkg_arch;
}
if (slackware_check(osver:constraint['os_version'],
arch:arch,
pkgname:constraint['product'],
pkgver:constraint['fixed_version'],
pkgarch:pkg_arch,
pkgnum:constraint['service_pack'])) flag++;
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : slackware_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
slackware | slackware_linux | 15.0 | cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0 |
slackware | slackware_linux | cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux | |
slackware | slackware_linux | cups | p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:cups |
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%