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
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-3258
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1194263 1241242
Blocks: 1210268 1235386
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Reported: 2015-06-24 16:44 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2023-05-12 09:46 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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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 05:04:45 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2360 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: cups-filters security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-11-19 10:41:12 UTC

Description Stefan Cornelius 2015-06-24 16:44:03 UTC 
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 16:49:25 UTC 
Patch:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=993617&action=diff
Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2015-06-26 16:39:52 UTC 
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 12:08:18 UTC 
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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