CVE-2010-0542

Summary

The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values of certain calloc calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587746
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40943
• http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
• http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patch
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
• http://cups.org/str.php?L3516
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10365
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024121

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587746
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40943
• http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
• http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patch
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
• http://cups.org/str.php?L3516
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10365
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024121

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