CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0577
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-02-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3640.
Affected configurations
• apple cups 1.1.17
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33995 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-064.htm Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0308.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486052 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48977 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9968 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33995 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-064.htm Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0308.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486052 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48977 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9968 oval.cisecurity.org