(Sun Issues Fix) CUPS Heap Overflow in 'texttops' Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1022374 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1022374
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-3640
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jun 11 2009
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 1.3.9
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in CUPS. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote user can send a specially crafted text file to the CUPS service to trigger a heap overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the 'lp' user privileges.
The vulnerability resides in the Text-to-PostScript "texttops" filter WriteProlog() function.
regenrecht reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution:
Sun has issued a fix for OpenSolaris.
The Sun advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-261088-1
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Vendor URL: www.cups.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:07:17 -0400
Subject: CUPS
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-261088-1
CVE-2008-3639 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3639
CVE-2008-3640 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3640
CVE-2008-3641 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3641
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