Debian DSA-1656-1 : cupsys - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 34449

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Common UNIX Printing System. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2008-3639 It was discovered that insufficient bounds checking in the SGI image filter may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2008-3640 It was discovered that an integer overflow in the Postscript conversion tool 'texttops' may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2008-3641 It was discovered that insufficient bounds checking in the HPGL filter may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the cupsys package.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.7-4etch5.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3639

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3640

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3641

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1656

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 34449

File Name: debian_DSA-1656.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cupsys, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3639, CVE-2008-3640, CVE-2008-3641

CWE: 119, 189, 399

DSA: 1656