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 cupsUpgrade cups-filesystemUpgrade cups-debuginfoUpgrade cups-develUpgrade cups-libsUpgrade cups-client | Oct 23, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade cups | Oct 25, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade cups-libsUpgrade cups-libs-debuginfoUpgrade cups-debuginfoUpgrade cups-printerappUpgrade cups-debugsourceUpgrade cups-ipptoolUpgrade cups-develUpgrade cups-filesystemUpgrade cups-lpd-debuginfoUpgrade cupsUpgrade cups-printerapp-debuginfoUpgrade cups-client-debuginfoUpgrade cups-ipptool-debuginfoUpgrade cups-lpdUpgrade cups-client | 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 cups-lpdUpgrade cups-develUpgrade cups-filesystemUpgrade cups-clientUpgrade cups-libsUpgrade cups | Feb 12, 2024 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade cups-libsUpgrade cupsUpgrade cups-lpdUpgrade cups-develUpgrade cups-filesystemUpgrade cups-client | 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 cups-develUpgrade cups-ddkUpgrade libcupsppdc1Upgrade libcups2Upgrade libcupsimage2Upgrade cups-configUpgrade cupsUpgrade cups-libs-32bitUpgrade cups-devel-32bitUpgrade libcupscgi1Upgrade libcupsmime1-32bitUpgrade cups-clientUpgrade libcupsmime1Upgrade libcups2-32bitUpgrade libcupscgi1-32bitUpgrade libcupsppdc1-32bitUpgrade libcupsimage2-32bitUpgrade cups-libs | 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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