CVE-2023-4504
Public on 2023-09-20
Modified on 2024-02-12
Description
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. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7, released in September of 2023.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | cups | 2023-10-12 | ALAS-2023-1857 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | cups | 2023-10-12 | ALAS2-2023-2293 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | cups | 2023-09-27 | ALAS2023-2023-361 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |