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CUPS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Oct08
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is running CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) Service, which is prone to Buffer Overflow and Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to - an error in the implementation of the HP-GL/2 filter and can be exploited to cause buffer overflows with HP-GL/2 files containing overly large pen numbers. - an error within the read_rle8() and read_rle16() functions when parsing malformed Run Length Encoded(RLE) data within Silicon Graphics Image(SGI) files and can exploited to cause heap-based buffer overflow with a specially crafted SGI file. - an error within the WriteProlog() function included in the texttops utility and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow with specially crafted file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
CUPS versions prior to 1.3.9.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to CUPS version 1.3.9 or later.