Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-1181. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple CUPS up to 1.1.4 (Printing Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is 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 a NULL pointer dereference.

The weakness was presented 04/23/2009 by Braden Thomas as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1181 since 03/31/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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 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 (50137), Tenable (38897), SecurityFocus (BID 34568†), OSVDB (54484†) and Secunia (SA34755†). See VDB-47894, VDB-47893, VDB-47892 and VDB-47890 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Braden Thomas
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47888

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X-Force: 50137
SecurityFocus: 34568 - Xpdf JBIG2 Processing Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34755
OSVDB: 54484 - Poppler JBIG2 Decoder PDF File Handling NULL Dereference DoS
SecurityTracker: 1022072
Vulnerability Center: 21897 - Xpdf / Poppler / CUPS / Kdegraphics JBIG2 Decoder NULL Pointer Dereference Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1065

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/14/2024 21:58
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (82), 09/02/2019 17:42 (4), 12/14/2024 21:58 (17)
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