CVE-2007-5849

Public Date:
2007-12-13
Bugzilla:
415131: CVE-2007-5849 CUPS SNMP backend buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer underflow in the asn1_get_string function in the SNMP back end (backend/snmp.c) for CUPS 1.2 through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SNMP response that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Find out more about CVE-2007-5849 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

This flaw does not affect the version of CUPS shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4.

After a detailed analysis of this flaw, it has been determined it does not pose a security threat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. For more details regarding this analysis, please see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415131

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