Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7, released in September of 2023.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade cups | Mar 26, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade cups-lpdUpgrade cups-ipptoolUpgrade cups-clientUpgrade cups-debuginfoUpgrade cups-develUpgrade cupsUpgrade cups-filesystemUpgrade cups-libs | Oct 23, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade cups | Oct 25, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade cups-ipptool-debuginfoUpgrade cupsUpgrade cups-filesystemUpgrade cups-printerapp-debuginfoUpgrade cups-develUpgrade cups-lpd-debuginfoUpgrade cups-client-debuginfoUpgrade cups-lpdUpgrade cups-clientUpgrade cups-libs-debuginfoUpgrade cups-ipptoolUpgrade cups-printerappUpgrade cups-debuginfoUpgrade cups-libsUpgrade cups-debugsource | Feb 17, 2025 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Cups | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Oct 31, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade cups | Oct 2, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-print/cups. | Feb 19, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade cups-libs | Jan 10, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade cups-libs | Jan 10, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade cupsUpgrade cups-clientUpgrade cups-libsUpgrade cups-filesystemUpgrade cups-lpdUpgrade cups-devel | Feb 12, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade cups-lpdUpgrade cups-develUpgrade cupsUpgrade cups-clientUpgrade cups-filesystemUpgrade cups-libs | Mar 13, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade cups-libs | Jan 10, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcupsmime1-32bitUpgrade libcupsmime1Upgrade cups-clientUpgrade libcupscgi1Upgrade cups-libsUpgrade libcupsimage2-32bitUpgrade libcupsppdc1-32bitUpgrade libcups2-32bitUpgrade libcupscgi1-32bitUpgrade cupsUpgrade libcupsimage2Upgrade cups-libs-32bitUpgrade libcups2Upgrade cups-configUpgrade cups-develUpgrade cups-devel-32bitUpgrade cups-ddkUpgrade libcupsppdc1 | Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade cups (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade cupsUpgrade libppd2 | Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 21, 2023 |
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