CVE-2023-4504
Published: September 21, 2023Last modified: April 15, 2024
Description
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7, released in September of 2023.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | HIGH |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | cups | Fixed (2.4.2-r5) |
| Stream | cups | Fixed (2.4.7-r0) |
References
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.7
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-pf5r-86w9-678h
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd/security/advisories/GHSA-4f65-6ph5-qwh6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00041.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5WHEJIYMMAIXU2EC35MGTB5LGGO2FFJE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5WVS4I7JG3LISFPKTM6ADKJXXEPEEWBQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AMYDKIE4PSJDEMC5OWNFCDMHFGLJ57XG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PXPVADB56NMLJWG4IZ3OZBNJ2ZOLPQJ6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T2GSPQAFK2Z6L57TRXEKZDF42K2EVBH7/
- https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-4504.html