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Fedora 38: FEDORA-2023-00484b4120 Critical: Libppd Heap Overflow

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Important announcement regarding libppd rectifies buffer overflow vulnerabilities found in PostScript interpretation. Please update promptly to enhance security measures.
CVE-2023-4504 libppd: Postscript Parsing Heap Overflow

Summary

Libppd provides all PPD related function/API which is going

to be removed from CUPS 3.X, but are still required for retro-fitting

support of legacy printers. The library is meant only for retro-fitting

printer applications, any new printer drivers have to be written as

native printer application without libppd.

Update Information:

CVE-2023-4504 libppd: Postscript Parsing Heap Overflow

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora critical update heap overflow libppd

Change Log

* Wed Sep 20 2023 Zdenek Dohnal - 1:2.0~rc2-4 - CVE-2023-4504 libppd: Postscript Parsing Heap Overflow

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2238509 - CVE-2023-4504 cups, libppd: Postscript Parsing Heap Overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238509

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-00484b4120' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: libppd
Product: Fedora 38
Version: 2.0~rc2
Release: 4.fc38
URL: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd
Summary: Library for retro-fitting legacy printer drivers

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora critical update heap overflow libppd

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