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GLSA-200711-16 : CUPS: Memory corruption

critical Nessus Plugin ID 28199

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200711-16 (CUPS: Memory corruption)

 Alin Rad Pop (Secunia Research) discovered an off-by-one error in the ippReadIO() function when handling Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) tags that might allow to overwrite one byte on the stack.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could send a specially crafted IPP request containing 'textWithLanguage' or 'nameWithLanguage' tags, leading to a Denial of Service or the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the 'lp' user. If CUPS is configured to allow network printing, this vulnerability might be remotely exploitable.
 Workaround :

 To avoid remote exploitation, network access to CUPS servers on port 631/udp should be restricted. In order to do this, update the 'Listen' setting in cupsd.conf to 'Listen localhost:631' or add a rule to the system's firewall. However, this will not avoid local users from exploiting this vulnerability.

Solution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/cups-1.2.12-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200711-16

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 28199

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200711-16.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:gentoo:linux:cups, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4351

CWE: 189

GLSA: 200711-16