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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2005.185.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-185-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'cupsys' package(s) announced via the USN-185-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'cupsys' package(s) announced via the USN-185-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A flaw was detected in the printer access control list checking in the
CUPS server. Printer names were compared in a case sensitive manner,
by modifying the capitalization of printer names, a remote attacker
could circumvent ACLs and print to printers he should not have access
to.

The Ubuntu 5.04 version of cupsys is not vulnerable against this.

Affected Software/OS:
'cupsys' package(s) on Ubuntu 4.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-2154
FLSA:163274
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274
RHSA-2005:571
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html
SUSE-SR:2005:018
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
USN-185-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9940
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940
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