Debian DSA-1773-1 : cups - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36173

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the imagetops filter in cups, the Common UNIX Printing System, is prone to an integer overflow when reading malicious TIFF images.

Solution

Upgrade the cups packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-4etch7.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.8-1lenny5.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1773

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36173

File Name: debian_DSA-1773.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/17/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cups, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0163

BID: 34571

CWE: 189

DSA: 1773