SuSE 10 Security Update : cups (ZYPP Patch Number 2528)

This update fixes a vulnerability which occurs while processing a special PDF file. This bug can lead to a denial-of-service condition, or a memory corruption, or to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2007-0104 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is...

SuSE 10 Security Update : cups (ZYPP Patch Number 4043)

A buffer overflow in the xpdf code contained in cups could be exploited by attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. CVE-2007-3387 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2007:228)

Alin Rad Pop found several flaws in how PDF files are handled in cups. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause cups to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Networ...

GLSA-200711-22 : Poppler, KDE: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200711-22 Poppler, KDE: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Alin Rad Pop Secunia Research discovered several vulnerabilities in the 'Stream.cc' file of Xpdf: An integer overflow in the DCTStream::reset method and a boundary...

Poppler, KDE: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on Xpdf. KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the KOffice word processor. KPDF is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics package. Description Alin Rad Pop Secunia Research discovered sever...

Fedora Core 6 : cups-1.2.12-6.fc6 (2007-746)

This update fixes several security problems. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: cups-1.2.12-6.fc6

The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX=C2=AE operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Produc ts to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : cups (cups-4668)

A buffer overflow in the xpdf code contained in cups could be exploited by attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code CVE-2007-4352, CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from...

GLSA-200711-16 : CUPS: Memory corruption

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200711-16 CUPS: Memory corruption Alin Rad Pop Secunia Research discovered an off-by-one error in the ippReadIO function when handling Internet Printing Protocol IPP tags that might allow to overwrite one byte on the stack. Impact...

Fedora 7 : cups-1.2.12-7.fc7 (2007-3100)

This update fixes several PDF handling security issues. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

CUPS: Memory corruption

Background CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating systems. Description Alin Rad Pop Secunia Research discovered an off-by-one error in the ippReadIO function when handling Internet Printing Protocol IPP tags that might allow to overwrite one byte on the stack. Impact A...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : cupsys vulnerability (USN-539-1)

Alin Rad Pop discovered that CUPS did not correctly validate buffer lengths when processing IPP tags. Remote attackers successfully exploiting this vulnerability would gain access to the non-root CUPS user in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 6.10, and 7.04. In Ubuntu 7.10, attackers would be isolated by the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: cups-1.2.12-7.fc7

The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX=C2=AE operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Produc ts to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces...

FreeBSD : cups -- off-by-one buffer overflow (8dd9722c-8e97-11dc-b8f6-001c2514716c)

Secunia reports : Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in CUPS, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the 'ippReadIO' function in cups/ipp.c when processing IPP Internet Printing Protocol...

[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: cups-1.3.4-2.fc8

The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX=C2=AE operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Produc ts to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces...

Memory corruption

Array index error in the DCTStream::readProgressiveDataUnit method in xpdf/Stream.cc in Xpdf 3.02pl1, as used in poppler, teTeX, KDE, KOffice, CUPS, and other products, allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file...

RHEL 5 : cups (RHSA-2007:1021)

Updated CUPS packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 UNIXR operatin...

RHEL 3 : cups (RHSA-2007:1023)

Updated cups packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. 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 UNIXR operatin...

Fedora 8 : cups-1.3.4-2.fc8 (2007-2982)

This update fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in the IPP handling part of the CUPS scheduler, as well as several PDF handling security issues. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempt...

cups security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:1022 Updated cups packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS...