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RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : cups (RHSA-2008:0937)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 34384
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated cups packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX(R) operating systems.
A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the SGI image format decoding routines used by the CUPS image converting filter 'imagetops'. An attacker could create a malicious SGI image file that could, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the 'lp' user if the file was printed.
(CVE-2008-3639)
An integer overflow flaw leading to a heap buffer overflow was discovered in the Text-to-PostScript 'texttops' filter. An attacker could create a malicious text file that could, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the 'lp' user if the file was printed.
(CVE-2008-3640)
An insufficient buffer bounds checking flaw was discovered in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript 'hpgltops' filter. An attacker could create a malicious HP-GL/2 file that could, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the 'lp' user if the file was printed. (CVE-2008-3641)
Red Hat would like to thank regenrecht for reporting these issues.
All CUPS users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3639
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3640
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 34384
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0937.nasl
Version: 1.26
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/10/2008
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups-lpd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cups, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2008
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3639, CVE-2008-3640, CVE-2008-3641, CVE-2009-0577