| Name | CVE-2015-3258 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the WriteProlog function in filter/texttopdf.c in texttopdf in cups-filters before 1.0.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a small line size in a print job. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-314-1, DSA-3303-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cups (PTS) | wheezy, wheezy (security) | 1.5.3-5+deb7u6 | fixed |
| jessie (security), jessie | 1.7.5-11+deb8u1 | fixed | |
| stretch | 2.2.1-8 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 2.2.5-2 | fixed | |
| cups-filters (PTS) | wheezy, wheezy (security) | 1.0.18-2.1+deb7u2 | fixed |
| jessie (security), jessie | 1.0.61-5+deb8u3 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1.11.6-3 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 1.17.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cups | source | (unstable) | 1.5.0-16 | high | ||
| cups | source | squeeze | 1.4.4-7+squeeze10 | high | DLA-314-1 | |
| cups-filters | source | (unstable) | 1.0.70-1 | high | ||
| cups-filters | source | jessie | 1.0.61-5+deb8u1 | high | DSA-3303-1 | |
| cups-filters | source | wheezy | 1.0.18-2.1+deb7u2 | high | DSA-3303-1 |
cups moved filters to separate package in 1.5.0-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235385