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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8842: Classic Buffer Overflow

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8842: Classic Buffer Overflow

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/27/2020
Created
01/05/2021
Added
01/04/2021
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-cups

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