CVE-2008-3639

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-10-09
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
464710: CVE-2008-3639 CUPS: SGI image parser heap-based buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_rle16 function in imagetops in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SGI image with malformed Run Length Encoded (RLE) data containing a small image and a large row count.

Find out more about CVE-2008-3639 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (cups) RHSA-2008:0937 2008-10-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (cups) RHSA-2008:0937 2008-10-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (cups) RHSA-2008:0937 2008-10-10

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank "regenrecht" for reporting this issue.

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