CVE-2015-3279

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3279
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-07-14 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-28 02:59:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in filter/texttopdf.c in texttopdf in cups-filters before 1.0.71 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted line size in a print job, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Cups-filters All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1238990 – (CVE-2015-3279) CVE-2015-3279 cups-filters: texttopdf integer overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1244-1: moderate: Security update for cups-filters SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2659-1: cups-filters vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com
/openprinting/cups-filters : revision 7369 CONFIRM bzr.linuxfoundation.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2015-3258 CVE-2015-3279 cups-filters MLIST www.openwall.com
/openprinting/cups-filters : revision 7366 CONFIRM bzr.linuxfoundation.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3303-1 cups-filters DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2015-3258 CVE-2015-3279 cups-filters MLIST www.openwall.com
cups-filters: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-08) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
/openprinting/cups-filters : revision 7365 CONFIRM bzr.linuxfoundation.org
cups-filters CVE-2015-3279 Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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