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GLSA-200804-01 : CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 31752

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-200804-01 (CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in CUPS:
 regenrecht (VeriSign iDefense) discovered that the cgiCompileSearch() function used in several CGI scripts in CUPS' administration interface does not correctly calculate boundaries when processing a user-provided regular expression, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2008-0047).
 Helge Blischke reported a double free() vulnerability in the process_browse_data() function when adding or removing remote shared printers (CVE-2008-0882).
 Tomas Hoger (Red Hat) reported that the gif_read_lzw() function uses the code_size value from GIF images without properly checking it, leading to a buffer overflow (CVE-2008-1373).
 An unspecified input validation error was discovered in the HP-GL/2 filter (CVE-2008-0053).
 Impact :

 A local attacker could send specially crafted network packets or print jobs and possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running CUPS (usually lp), or cause a Denial of Service. The vulnerabilities are exploitable via the network when CUPS is sharing printers remotely.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/cups-1.2.12-r7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 31752

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200804-01.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 4/4/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cups

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0047, CVE-2008-0053, CVE-2008-0882, CVE-2008-1373

BID: 27906, 28307, 28334, 28544

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200804-01