SB20231018139 - SUSE update for cups

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SB20231018139 - SUSE update for cups

Published: October 18, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB20231018139
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 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) 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