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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5849

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

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/02/2008)
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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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-352A
Name: TA07-352A
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
External Source: XF
Name: cups-asn1getstring-bo(39101)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39101
External Source: XF
Name: macos-snmp-bo(39097)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39097
External Source: BID
Name: 26917
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26917
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200712-14
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4242
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4242
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4238
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1437
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2589
Hyperlink:http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2589
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28200
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28136
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28129
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28129
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28113
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
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: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201570
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201570
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-0322
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00908.html
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-563-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
External Source: BID
Name: 26910
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
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-2008:036
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:036
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28676
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28676
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: 28386
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:002
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00003.html

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:easy_software_products:cups:1.2.12
spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:easy_software_products:cups:1.2.4
spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:easy_software_products:cups:1.2.9
spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:easy_software_products:cups:1.3.3
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5849