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>> CUPS Multiple Integer Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in CUPS, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system.
The first issues are caused by integer overflow errors in the "pdftops" filter (pdftops/Decrypt.cxx, pdftops/FoFiTrueType.cxx, pdftops/gmem.c, pdftops/JBIG2Stream.cxx, and pdftops/PSOutputDev.cxx) when processing malformed PDF files, which could allow attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
The second vulnerability is caused by a use-after-free error in the in the CUPS Directory Services routine when processing CUPS browse packets, which could be exploited to crash an affected daemon.
Affected Products
CUPS 1.x
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1488
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497135
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Red Hat Swen van Brussel.
ChangeLog
2009-06-04 : Initial release
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