Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-5325 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the unhtmlify function in foomatic-rip in foomatic-filters before 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long job title.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 6 | |
| OS | 1 | |
| Application | 6 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20160323_FOOMATIC_ON_SL6_X.NASL description It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560) last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2016-03-24 plugin id 90142 published 2016-03-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90142 title Scientific Linux Security Update : foomatic on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160323) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2016-0491.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2016:0491 : An updated foomatic package that fixes three security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available from the CVE links in the References section. Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560) All foomatic users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90110 published 2016-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90110 title Oracle Linux 6 : foomatic (ELSA-2016-0491) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2016-0491.NASL description An updated foomatic package that fixes three security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available from the CVE links in the References section. Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560) All foomatic users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90120 published 2016-03-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90120 title CentOS 6 : foomatic (CESA-2016:0491) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2016-0491.NASL description An updated foomatic package that fixes three security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available from the CVE links in the References section. Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560) All foomatic users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90114 published 2016-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90114 title RHEL 6 : foomatic (RHSA-2016:0491) NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ALA_ALAS-2016-690.NASL description It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8560) It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90632 published 2016-04-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90632 title Amazon Linux AMI : foomatic (ALAS-2016-690)
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References
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/foomatic-4.0/foomatic-filters/annotate/head:/ChangeLog
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0491.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/15/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/15/7
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218297
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/foomatic-4.0/foomatic-filters/annotate/head:/ChangeLog
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218297
- https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/15/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/15/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0491.html