Bug 1235385 – CVE-2015-3258 cups-filters: texttopdf heap-based buffer overflow

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Bug 1235385 - (CVE-2015-3258) CVE-2015-3258 cups-filters: texttopdf heap-based buffer overflow

Summary:	CVE-2015-3258 cups-filters: texttopdf heap-based buffer overflow

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2015-3258

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1194263 1241242
Blocks:	1210268 1235386
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Reported:	2015-06-24 12:44 EDT by Stefan Cornelius
Modified:	2016-04-20 06:25 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way the texttopdf utility of cups-filter processed print jobs with a specially crafted line size. An attacker able to submit print jobs could use this flaw to crash texttopdf or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the "lp" user.
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Last Closed:	2015-11-20 00:04:45 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:2360	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: cups-filters security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-11-19 05:41:12 EST

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Description Stefan Cornelius 2015-06-24 12:44:03 EDT

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way the texttopdf utility of cups-filters processed print jobs with a specially crafted line size. An attacker being able to submit print jobs could exploit this flaw to crash texttopdf or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the 'lp' user.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Petr Sklenar of Red Hat.

Comment 1 Stefan Cornelius 2015-06-24 12:49:25 EDT

Patch:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=993617&action=diff

Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2015-06-26 12:39:52 EDT

Public via/Patch:

http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7363

Fixed in cups-filters 1.0.70.

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 07:08:18 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:2360 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2360.html

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