Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:1513.
The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems. The CUPS pdftops filter converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript.
Two integer overflow flaws were found in the CUPS pdftops filter. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause pdftops to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the lp user if the file was printed. (CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)
Red Hat would like to thank Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.
Users of cups are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing the update, the cupsd daemon will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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