SB2023092058 - SUSE update for cups 

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SB2023092058 - SUSE update for cups

Published: September 20, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023092058
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 33% Medium 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32360)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authentication in CUPS. A remote attacker can access recently printed documents.


2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34241)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in cupsdAcceptClient(). A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


3) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4504)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error when parsing Postscript objects within the scan_ps() function in cups/raster-interpret.c. A remote attacker can trigger pass a specially crafted PPD file to the affected application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References