FrSIRT - CUPS "gif_read_lzw()" GIF Data Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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CUPS "gif_read_lzw()" GIF Data Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : CUPS "gif_read_lzw()" GIF Data Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1059
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1373
Rated as : High Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-04-02

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in CUPS, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1059
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2765

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2008-04-02 : Initial release

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