Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU80932
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4504
CWE-ID:
CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's repository.
Vulnerable software versionsopenEuler: 22.03 LTS
cups-filesystem: before 2.4.0-10
cups-help: before 2.4.0-10
cups-debuginfo: before 2.4.0-10
cups-debugsource: before 2.4.0-10
cups-lpd: before 2.4.0-10
cups-ipptool: before 2.4.0-10
cups-client: before 2.4.0-10
cups-printerapp: before 2.4.0-10
cups-libs: before 2.4.0-10
cups-devel: before 2.4.0-10
cups: before 2.4.0-10
External linkshttp://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1752
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.