Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0799. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 (Printing Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, Poppler before 0.10.6, and other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

The weakness was shared 04/23/2009 by Braden Thomas as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0799 since 03/04/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 44995 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : poppler (MDVSA-2010:055)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva 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 12 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (44995), SecurityFocus (BID 34568†), OSVDB (54487†), Secunia (SA34755†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022072†). The entries VDB-47894, VDB-47893, VDB-47892 and VDB-47890 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 44995
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : poppler (MDVSA-2010:055)
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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: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Braden Thomas
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CVE: CVE-2009-0799 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0799
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47884

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SecurityFocus: 34568 - Xpdf JBIG2 Processing Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34755
OSVDB: 54487 - Poppler JBIG2 Decoder PDF File Handling Out-of-bounds Read DoS
SecurityTracker: 1022072
Vulnerability Center: 21893 - Xpdf / Poppler / CUPS / Kdegraphics JBIG2 Decoder Out-of-Bounds Read Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1065

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/14/2024 21:58
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (84), 09/02/2019 17:24 (4), 12/14/2024 21:58 (17)
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