Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 (Printing Software). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in the JBIG2 MMR decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, Poppler before 0.10.6, and other products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file.

The weakness was shared 04/23/2009 by Braden Thomas as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1182 since 03/31/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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 165641 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update CUPS (SUSE-SA:2009:024)).

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 (50138) and Tenable (38897). The entries 47894, 47893, 47892 and 47890 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 38897
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OpenVAS ID: 63955
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1790-1 (xpdf)
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Braden Thomas
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CVE: CVE-2009-1182 (🔍)
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X-Force: 50138
SecurityTracker: 1022073
Vulnerability Center: 21898 - Xpdf / Poppler / CUPS / Kdegraphics JBIG2 MMR Decoder Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34568 - Xpdf JBIG2 Processing Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34755
OSVDB: 54470 - Poppler JBIG2 MMR Decoder Crafted PDF Handling Arbitrary Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2009-1065

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 17:47
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (82), 09/02/2019 17:47 (4)
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