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AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: cups / cups-client / cups-devel / cups-filesystem / cups-ipptool / etc (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2024:1734531954)

🗓️ 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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cupsd on AlmaLinux 9.2 performs arbitrary chmod on symbolic links via Listen config.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(361218);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/01");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-35235");
  script_xref(name:"CLSA", value:"2024:1734531954");

  script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: cups / cups-client / cups-devel / cups-filesystem / cups-ipptool / etc (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2024:1734531954)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare
ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2024:1734531954 advisory.

  - OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In
    versions 2.4.8 and earlier, when starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item pointing to a
    symbolic link, the cupsd process can be caused to perform an arbitrary chmod of the provided argument,
    providing world-writable access to the target. Given that cupsd is often running as root, this can result
    in the change of permission of any user or system files to be world writable. Given the aforementioned
    Ubuntu AppArmor context, on such systems this vulnerability is limited to those files modifiable by the
    cupsd process. In that specific case it was found to be possible to turn the configuration of the Listen
    argument into full control over the cupsd.conf and cups-files.conf configuration files. By later setting
    the User and Group arguments in cups-files.conf, and printing with a printer configured by PPD with a
    `FoomaticRIPCommandLine` argument, arbitrary user and group (not root) command execution could be
    achieved, which can further be used on Ubuntu systems to achieve full root command execution. Commit
    ff1f8a623e090dee8a8aadf12a6a4b25efac143d contains a patch for the issue. (CVE-2024-35235)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/almalinux9.2esu/advisories/2024/clsa-2024_1734531954.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fb159b7a");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2024:1734531954");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2024:1734531954.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-35235");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/12/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/01");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Alma Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OS/extended-third-party", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (empty_or_null(third_party_support) || third_party_support != 'TuxCare') exit(0, 'TuxCare support not enabled.');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^9.2([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 9.2', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);


var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'sp': '2',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'cups-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-client-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-devel-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-devel-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-filesystem-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-ipptool-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-libs-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-libs-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-lpd-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'cups-printerapp-2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els4', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'cups / cups-client / cups-devel / cups-filesystem / cups-ipptool / etc');
}

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01 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 3.14.4 - 6.7
EPSS0.02421
SSVC
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