SB2024021802 - Gentoo update for CUPS

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26691)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in implementation of "Local" authorization mechanism. A remote attacker can authenticate as to CUPS as root/admin without the 32-byte secret key and execute arbitrary code on the system.

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.

3) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32324)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the format_log_line() function cups/string.c when the "loglevel" is set to "DEBUG". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the daemon, 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.

4) 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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-17