MGASA-2023-0284 - Updated cups packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 10 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0284.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8, 9
CVE: CVE-2023-4504,
     CVE-2023-32360

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:

It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly authenticated certain remote
requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
recently printed documents. (CVE-2023-32360)

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted
PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based
buffer overflow and possibly code execution. (CVE-2023-4504)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32281
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32360
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6361-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4504
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6391-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4504
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32360

SRPMS:
- 9/core/cups-2.4.6-1.1.mga9
- 8/core/cups-2.3.3op2-1.5.mga8

Mageia 2023-0284: cups security update

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly authenticated certain remote requests

Summary

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly authenticated certain remote requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain recently printed documents. (CVE-2023-32360)
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. (CVE-2023-4504)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32281

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32360

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6361-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4504

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6391-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4504

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32360

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0284 - Updated cups packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/cups-2.4.6-1.1.mga9

- 8/core/cups-2.3.3op2-1.5.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 10 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0284.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-4504, CVE-2023-32360

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