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A vulnerability was found in Apple CUPS 1.1.17 (Printing Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function WriteProlog
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3640.
The bug was discovered 02/19/2009. The weakness was presented 02/20/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0577 since 02/13/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34375 (CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : cups (CESA-2008:0937)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48977) and Tenable (34375). See 44479 for similar entry.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 34375
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : cups (CESA-2008:0937)
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OpenVAS ID: 880781
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for cups CESA-2009:0308 centos3 i386
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Timeline
10/10/2008 🔍10/20/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0577 (🔍)
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X-Force: 48977
Vulnerability Center: 21028 - CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Integer Overflow Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Critical
Secunia: 33995
OSVDB: 49132 - CUPS texttops WriteProlog() buffer overflow
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/28/2019 09:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (66), 08/28/2019 09:59 (8)
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