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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1722

Original release date:04/10/2008
Last revised:01/23/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Multiple integer overflows in (1) filter/image-png.c and (2) filter/image-zoom.c in CUPS 1.3 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated via a crafted PNG image.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#218395
Name: VU#218395
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2790
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-3449
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-3586
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-656-1
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:013
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:170
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1625
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32292
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31324
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30717
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30190
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0498
External Source: XF
Name: cups-imagepng-imagezoom-bo(41832)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-606-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019854
External Source: BID
Name: 28781
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 44398
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200804-23
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1226
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30553
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30078
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29902
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29809

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