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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5848

Original release date:12/19/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Buffer overflow in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows local admin users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI to the CUPS service.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.2 (HIGH) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/02/2008)
Not vulnerable. After a detailed analysis of this flaw, it has been determined that it is not exploitable on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. For more information please see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415141

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-352A
Name: TA07-352A
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2007-12-17
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2009
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2009
External Source: XF
Name: macos-cups-bo(39096)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39096
External Source: BID
Name: 26910
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080105 rPSA-2008-0008-1 cups
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485829/100/0/threaded
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:002
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:050
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4238
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28636
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28441
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28441
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28344
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28344
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28136
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:002
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00003.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5848