DSA-1407-1 cupsys -- buffer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2007-4351  

Alin Rad Pop discovered that the Common UNIX Printing System is vulnerable to an off-by-one buffer overflow in the code to process IPP packets, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The cupsys version in the old stable distribution (sarge) is not vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-4etch1. Updated packages for the arm architecture will be provided later. We recommend that you upgrade your cupsys packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1407-1 cupsys -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
18 Nov 2007
Affected Packages:
cupsys
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-4351.
More information:

Alin Rad Pop discovered that the Common UNIX Printing System is vulnerable to an off-by-one buffer overflow in the code to process IPP packets, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The cupsys version in the old stable distribution (sarge) is not vulnerable to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-4etch4. Updated packages for the arm architecture will be provided later.

We recommend that you upgrade your cupsys packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-common_1.2.7-4etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-gnutls10_1.2.7-4etch4_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_amd64.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.