Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cups-pk-helper announced via advisory DSA 2562-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202562-1
Insight
cups-pk-helper, a PolicyKit helper to configure cups with fine-grained privileges, wraps CUPS function calls in an insecure way. This could lead to uploading sensitive data to a cups resource, or overwriting specific files with the content of a cups resource. The user would have to explicitly approve the action.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.0-3.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cups-pk-helper packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-4510 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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