SB2015021903 - Buffer overflow in Apple CUPS
Published: February 19, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015021903
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9679)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Integer underflow in the cupsRasterReadPixels function in filter/raster.c in CUPS before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a malformed compressed raster file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0067.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150171.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150177.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00098.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3172
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:049
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/12
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72594
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031776
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2520-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-06
- https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4551