Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2009-0577 First vendor Publication 2009-02-20
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3640.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0577

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9968
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9968
Title: Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3640.
Description: Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3640.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0577
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for cups CESA-2009:0308 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0308_cups_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-23 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0308
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0308.nasl
2009-02-23 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0308 (cups)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_0308.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49132 CUPS texttops WriteProlog Function Crafted PostScript File Handling Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0937.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0308.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090219_cups_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-211.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-656-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-20 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-0308.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0308.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0937.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-10 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0937.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-064.htm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486052
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0308.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/33995
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48977

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