CUPS < 1.3.8 Crafted PNG File Integer Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4610

Synopsis

The remote printer service is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of CUPS installed on the remote host is affected by an integer overflow. Using a specially crafted PNG file with overly long width and height fields, a remote attacker can leverage this issue to crash the affected service and may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.3.8 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4610

Family: Web Servers

Published: 7/25/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 33577

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cups:cups

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1722

BID: 28781

Detections

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