Buffer overflow in cups (Alpine package)

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU32436

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9679

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

cups (Alpine package): 1.6.2-r3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:cups_alpine_package:1.6.2-r3:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.6

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3f6536436bc8e0d379f0c685b155049cbbf35ae4
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=bc2260bc9f681973d5e36983ddb27a057d9a06c4
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8a3dc2700215d7fa4a241bded50b6f16c03aacf3

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.