SB2015031807 - Buffer overflow in cups (Alpine package)
Published: March 18, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015031807
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.