CVE-2008-3640 (GCVE-0-2008-3640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-14 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI?
Summary
Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
http://secunia.com/advisories/32284 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2782 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20081… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/32331 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33111 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021034 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/32292 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1568 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33085 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31690 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3401 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/32226 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1656 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2919 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32084 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-09… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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              "name": "http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575"
            },
            {
              "name": "32084",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32084"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2008:0937",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10266",
              "refsource": "OVAL",
              "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10266"
            },
            {
              "name": "32316",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32316"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
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    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2008-3640",
    "datePublished": "2008-10-14T20:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2008-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T09:45:18.982Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
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  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}


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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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