CVE-2015-3258

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-06-26
CWE:
CWE-122->CWE-125->CWE-787
Bugzilla:
1235385: CVE-2015-3258 cups-filters: texttopdf heap-based buffer overflow
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way the texttopdf utility of cups-filter processed print jobs with a specially crafted line size. An attacker able to submit print jobs could use this flaw to crash texttopdf or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the "lp" user.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
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 7 (cups-filters) RHSA-2015:2360 2015-11-19

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Petr Sklenar of Red Hat.

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