Vulnerability   
Search   
    Search 324607 CVE descriptions
and 145615 test descriptions,
access 10,000+ cross references.
Tests   CVE   All  

Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63859
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-760-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'cups, cupsys' package(s) announced via the USN-760-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'cups, cupsys' package(s) announced via the USN-760-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that CUPS did not properly check the height of TIFF images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code with user privileges. In Ubuntu 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10,
attackers would be isolated by the AppArmor CUPS profile.

Affected Software/OS:
'cups, cupsys' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0163
BugTraq ID: 34571
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34571
Bugtraq: 20090417 rPSA-2009-0061-1 cups (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502750/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1773 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1773
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-20.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11546
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0428.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0429.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022070
http://secunia.com/advisories/34481
http://secunia.com/advisories/34722
http://secunia.com/advisories/34747
http://secunia.com/advisories/34756
http://secunia.com/advisories/34852
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2009:024 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00011.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-760-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

This is only one of 145615 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit.

To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.




© 1998-2025 E-Soft Inc. All rights reserved.