GLSA-200804-23 : CUPS: Integer overflow vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32016

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-200804-23 (CUPS: Integer overflow vulnerability)

Thomas Pollet reported a possible integer overflow vulnerability in the PNG image handling in the file filter/image-png.c.
Impact :

A malicious user might be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running CUPS (usually lp), or cause a Denial of Service by sending a specially crafted PNG image to the print server.
The vulnerability is exploitable via the network if 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-r8'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32016

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200804-23.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 4/22/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1722

BID: 28781

CWE: 20

GLSA: 200804-23

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