Check Point Advisories

Update Protection against Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2008-209
Date Published:	25 Apr 2008
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 01 January, 2008
Source:	FRSIRT:ADV-2008-1059 SECTRACK:1019739 BID:28544
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-1373
Protection Provided by:
Who is Vulnerable?	Unix systems running CUPS 1.3.6
Vulnerability Description	A vulnerability in CUPS could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service or execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system via a buffer overflow.
Vulnerability Details	A buffer overflow vulnerability in the gif_read_lzw in CUPS 1.3.6 could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service or execute arbitrary code via a GIF file with a large code_size value.