CVE-2010-0542

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-06-21
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values of certain calloc calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (cups)	ELSA-2010-0490	2010-06-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (cups)	ELSA-2010-0490	2010-06-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (cups)	ELSA-2010-0490	2010-06-17