Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is prone to a security
bypass vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:apple:cups";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800488");
script_version("2023-08-15T05:05:29+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-15 05:05:29 +0000 (Tue, 15 Aug 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-03-10 15:48:25 +0100 (Wed, 10 Mar 2010)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0393");
script_name("CUPS < 1.4.3 Security Bypass Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_cups_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("cups/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is prone to a security
bypass vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to error within the '_cupsGetlang()' function, as
used by 'lppasswd.c' in 'lppasswd', relies on an environment variable to determine the file that
provides localized message strings.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to gain privileges
via a file that contains crafted localization data with format string specifiers.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"CUPS prior to version 1.4.3.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.4.3 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38524");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558460");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/3482");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/tag/release-1.4.3");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( vers !~ "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+")
exit( 0 ); # Version is not exact enough
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.4.3" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.4.3" );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );