Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 setBitmap memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4. Impacted is the function JBIG2SymbolDict::setBitmap. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-0146. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 (Printing Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function JBIG2SymbolDict::setBitmap. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in the JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file, related to (1) JBIG2SymbolDict::setBitmap and (2) JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg.

The weakness was disclosed 04/23/2009 by Braden Thomas (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0146 since 01/16/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67844 (Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : cups (ELSA-2009-0429)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux 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 (50118), Tenable (67844), SecurityFocus (BID 34568†), OSVDB (54496†) and Secunia (SA34755†). The entries VDB-23858, VDB-30376, VDB-40710 and VDB-42878 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
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Nessus ID: 67844
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : cups (ELSA-2009-0429)
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OpenVAS ID: 63955
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1790-1 (xpdf)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Braden Thomas
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CVE: CVE-2009-0146 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0146
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47877

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X-Force: 50118
SecurityFocus: 34568 - Xpdf JBIG2 Processing Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34755
OSVDB: 54496 - Xpdf JBIG2 Decoder PDF File Handling Multiple Function Overflows
SecurityTracker: 1022073
Vulnerability Center: 21890 - Xpdf / Poppler / CUPS / Kdegraphics JBIG2 Decoder Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1065

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 17:08
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (83), 09/02/2019 17:08 (4)
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