Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 (Printing Software). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file that triggers a free of uninitialized memory.

The weakness was published 04/23/2009 by Braden Thomas (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0166 since 01/16/2009. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38897 (CentOS 4 / 5 : cups (CESA-2009:0429)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165632 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2009:012)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50125) and Tenable (38897). Similar entries are available at 46941, 46940, 46932 and 46498.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 38897
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : cups (CESA-2009:0429)
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OpenVAS ID: 63955
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1790-1 (xpdf)
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Braden Thomas
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CVE: CVE-2009-0166 (🔍)
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X-Force: 50125
SecurityTracker: 1022073
Vulnerability Center: 21892 - Xpdf / Poppler / CUPS / Kdegraphics JBIG2 Decoder Uninitialized Memory Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34568 - Xpdf JBIG2 Processing Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34755
OSVDB: 54489 - Xpdf JBIG2 Decoder PDF File Handling Unitialized Memory Free DoS
Vupen: ADV-2009-1065

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 17:20
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (81), 09/02/2019 17:20 (4)
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