CVE-2015-3279

Publication date 3 July 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Integer overflow in filter/texttopdf.c in texttopdf in cups-filters before 1.0.71 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted line size in a print job, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
cups-filters	15.04 vivid	Fixed 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.2
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1.0.61-0ubuntu2.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.0.18-0ubuntu0.4

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
cups-filters	Upstream: http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7365

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2659-1
cups-filters vulnerabilities
6 July 2015

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3279