Bug 464710 (CVE-2008-3639)

Summary: CVE-2008-3639 CUPS: SGI image parser heap-based buffer overflow
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: kreilly, twaugh
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3639
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Bug Depends On: 464718, 464719, 464720, 464721, 464722, 466418, 466419, 466420    
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Description Josh Bressers 2008-09-30 00:13:08 UTC 
A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists within the read_rle16() function
of the imagetops CUPS image filter. The row count is not properly
validated, and is used to control how many 16-bit integers are stored in a
heap-based buffer.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank "regenrecht" for reporting this issue.
Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2008-09-30 00:14:45 UTC 
Created attachment 318027 [details]
Patch from Apple
Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2008-10-10 06:40:02 UTC 
Public now via:

http://cups.org/articles.php?L575
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2918

Fixed upstream in: 1.3.9
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-10-16 02:03:46 UTC 
cups-1.3.9-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-10-16 02:08:18 UTC 
cups-1.3.9-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Red Hat Product Security 2008-10-16 07:34:33 UTC 
This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-8801
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-8844
Comment 8 Tomas Hoger 2008-11-04 07:52:38 UTC 
iDefense advisory:
  http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=753
  http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122574815122872&w=4