Buffer Overflow Affecting cups package, versions <2.3.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE314-CUPS-1306143
  • published 21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed 27 Oct 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.14 cups to version 2.3.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups package and not the cups package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.14 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra. In certain configurations, a remote attacker may be able to submit arbitrary print jobs.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

3.3 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

2.6 low