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Medium ALAS2023-2023-215 1 CVE

Moderate: cups security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Jun 21, 2023 · Updated Jun 27, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-32324: OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system. In versions 2.4.2 and prior, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the function `format_log_line` could allow remote attackers to cause a DoS on the affected system. Exploitation of the vulnerability can be triggered when the configuration file `cupsd.conf` sets the value of `loglevel `to `DEBUG`. No known patches or workarounds exist at time of publication.

Fixed packages 15

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-client 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-client-debuginfo 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-debuginfo 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-debugsource 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-devel 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-filesystem 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-ipptool 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-ipptool-debuginfo 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-libs 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-libs-debuginfo 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-lpd 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-lpd-debuginfo 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-printerapp 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 cups-printerapp-debuginfo 1:2.3.3op2-18.amzn2023.0.4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5

    OpenPrinting CUPS vulnerable to heap buffer overflow

    OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system. In versions 2.4.2 and prior, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the function `format_log_line` …

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-32324.html