Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1656-1 cupsys -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
20 Oct 2008
Affected Packages:
cupsys
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-3639, CVE-2008-3640, CVE-2008-3641.
More information:

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Common UNIX Printing System. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2008-3639

    It was discovered that insufficient bounds checking in the SGI image filter may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2008-3640

    It was discovered that an integer overflow in the Postscript conversion tool texttops may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2008-3641

    It was discovered that insufficient bounds checking in the HPGL filter may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.7-4etch5.

For the unstable distribution (sid) and the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.8-1lenny2 of the source package cups.

We recommend that you upgrade your cupsys package.

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_1.2.7-4etch5.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-common_1.2.7-4etch5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-gnutls10_1.2.7-4etch5_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_ia64.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.2.7-4etch5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.7-4etch5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-dbg_1.2.7-4etch5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsimage2_1.2.7-4etch5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4etch5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.2.7-4etch5_sparc.deb

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