CVE-2009-0577 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3640.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/33995 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-064.htm http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0308.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486052 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48977 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9968