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Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 20, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2009-0577

GHSA ID

GHSA-cjcq-j2gf-3gvx

Source code

No known source code

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