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ELSA-2007-1020 Important: Enterprise Linux cups security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2007-1020 Important: Enterprise Linux cups security and bug fix update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/30/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

Off-by-one error in the ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in CUPS 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) textWithLanguage or (2) nameWithLanguage Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) tag, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-cups
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-cups-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-cups-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-cups-lpd

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