<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200804-23"> <title>CUPS: Integer overflow vulnerability</title> <synopsis> A vulnerability in CUPS might allow for the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">cups</product> <announced>2008-04-18</announced> <revised count="01">2008-04-18</revised> <bug>217232</bug> <access>remote, local</access> <affected> <package name="net-print/cups" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.2.12-r8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.12-r8</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating systems. </p> </background> <description> <p> Thomas Pollet reported a possible integer overflow vulnerability in the PNG image handling in the file filter/image-png.c. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> A malicious user might be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running CUPS (usually lp), or cause a Denial of Service by sending a specially crafted PNG image to the print server. The vulnerability is exploitable via the network if CUPS is sharing printers remotely. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-1.2.12-r8"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1722">CVE-2008-1722</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-04-17T10:26:38Z"> vorlon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-04-17T10:26:47Z"> vorlon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-04-17T11:05:44Z"> vorlon </metadata> </glsa>