Apple Mac OS X CUPS buffer overflow
| macos-cups-bo (39096) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the printer driver for CUPS. By passing a specially-crafted URI to the CUPS service, a local attacker with administrative privileges could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with SYSTEM privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
Remedy:
Apply Apple Security Update 2007-009 v1.1, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2007-009 v1.1 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307224.
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2007-009 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179.
- BID-26910: Apple Mac OS X v10.5.1 2007-009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-5848: 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.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4238: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2008:050: Updated cups packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- SA28136: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1019106: Mac OS X Multiple Bugs Permit Remote Code Execution, Local Privilege Escalation, Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Information Disclosure
- SUSE-SA:2008:002: SUSE Security Announcement
- SUSE-SR:2008:002: SUSE Security Summary Report
Reported:
Dec 17, 2007
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