VDB-240061 · CVE-2023-4504 · GHSA-pf5r-86w9-678h

OpenPrinting CUPS Postscript Parser heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in OpenPrinting CUPS and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Postscript Parser. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-4504. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in OpenPrinting CUPS (Printing Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Postscript Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 09/20/2023. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-4504 since 08/23/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213517 (macOS 15.x < 15.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (121238)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213517). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Printing Software

Vendor

OpenPrinting

Name

CUPS

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 213517
Nessus Name: macOS 15.x < 15.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (121238)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Upgrade: github.com

Timelineinfo

08/23/2023 🔍
09/20/2023 +28 days 🔍
09/20/2023 +0 days 🔍
02/14/2025 +513 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-pf5r-86w9-678h
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-4504 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-4504
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240061

Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2023 18:07
Updated: 02/14/2025 06:57
Changes: 09/20/2023 18:07 (37), 10/13/2023 15:12 (3), 10/13/2023 15:18 (12), 01/07/2025 18:14 (23), 02/14/2025 06:57 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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