CVE-2010-0542

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apple

First reported 14 years ago

2010-06-21 16:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:30:00

Affected Software

Apple CUPS 1.1

1.1

Apple CUPS 1.1.1

1.1.1

Apple CUPS 1.1.2

1.1.2

Apple CUPS 1.1.3

1.1.3

Apple CUPS 1.1.4

1.1.4

Apple CUPS 1.1.5

1.1.5

Apple CUPS 1.1.5-1

1.1.5-1

Apple CUPS 1.1.5-2

1.1.5-2

Apple CUPS 1.1.6

1.1.6

Apple CUPS 1.1.6-1

1.1.6-1

Apple CUPS 1.1.6-2

1.1.6-2

Apple CUPS 1.1.6-3

1.1.6-3

Apple CUPS 1.1.7

1.1.7

Apple CUPS 1.1.8

1.1.8

Apple CUPS 1.1.9

1.1.9

Apple CUPS 1.1.9-1

1.1.9-1

Apple CUPS 1.1.10

1.1.10

Apple CUPS 1.1.10-1

1.1.10-1

Apple CUPS 1.1.11

1.1.11

Apple CUPS 1.1.12

1.1.12

Apple CUPS 1.1.13

1.1.13

Apple CUPS 1.1.14

1.1.14

Apple CUPS 1.1.15

1.1.15

Apple CUPS 1.1.16

1.1.16

Apple CUPS 1.1.17

1.1.17

Apple CUPS 1.18

1.1.18

Apple CUPS 1.1.19

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 1

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 2

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 3

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 4

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 5

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.20

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 1

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 2

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 3

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 4

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 5

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 6

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.21

1.1.21

Apple CUPS 1.1.21 release candidate 1

1.1.21

Apple CUPS 1.1.21 release candidate 2

1.1.21

Apple CUPS 1.1.22

1.1.22

Apple CUPS 1.1.22 release candidate 1

1.1.22

Apple CUPS 1.1.22 release candidate 2

1.1.22

Apple CUPS 1.1.23

1.1.23

Apple CUPS 1.1.23 release candidate 1

1.1.23

Apple CUPS 1.2 b1

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2 b2

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2 release candidate 1

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2 release candidate 2

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2 release candidate 3

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2.0

1.2.0

Apple CUPS 1.2.1

1.2.1

Apple CUPS 1.2.2

1.2.2

Apple CUPS 1.2.3

1.2.3

Apple CUPS 1.2.4

1.2.4

Apple CUPS 1.2.5

1.2.5

Apple CUPS 1.2.6

1.2.6

Apple CUPS 1.2.7

1.2.7

Apple CUPS 1.2.8

1.2.8

Apple CUPS 1.2.9

1.2.9

Apple CUPS 1.2.10

1.2.10

Apple CUPS 1.2.11

1.2.11

Apple CUPS 1.2.12

1.2.12

Apple CUPS 1.3 b1

1.3

Apple CUPS 1.3 release candidate 1

1.3

Apple CUPS 1.3 release candidate 2

1.3

Apple CUPS 1.3.0

1.3.0

Apple CUPS 1.3.1

1.3.1

Apple CUPS 1.3.2

1.3.2

Apple CUPS 1.3.3

1.3.3

Apple CUPS 1.3.4

1.3.4

Apple CUPS 1.3.5

1.3.5

Apple CUPS 1.3.6

1.3.6

Apple CUPS 1.3.7

1.3.7

Apple CUPS 1.3.8

1.3.8

Apple CUPS 1.3.9

1.3.9

Apple CUPS 1.3.10

1.3.10

Apple CUPS 1.3.11

1.3.11

Apple CUPS 1.4.0

1.4.0

Apple CUPS 1.4.1

1.4.1

Apple CUPS 1.4.2

1.4.2

Apple Cups

References

http://cups.org/articles.php?L596

Patch

http://cups.org/str.php?L3516

http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patch

Patch

SUSE-SR:2010:023

43521

GLSA-201207-10

1024121

DSA-2176

MDVSA-2010:232

MDVSA-2010:234

40943

ADV-2011-0535

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587746

Patch

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10365

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