CVE-2008-0053

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CVE-2008-0053

Published: 18 Mar 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

Summary:

Details: Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29420, http://secunia.com/advisories/29573, http://secunia.com/advisories/29603, http://secunia.com/advisories/29630, http://secunia.com/advisories/29634, http://secunia.com/advisories/29655, http://secunia.com/advisories/29659, http://secunia.com/advisories/29750, http://secunia.com/advisories/31324, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1625, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:081, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00003.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0192.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0206.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28334, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019672, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41272, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10356, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00105.html

Affected packages

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

Attack Vector

Network

Adjacent

Local

Physical

Privileges Required

None

Low

High

User Interaction

None

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Low

High

Integrity

None

Low

High

Availability

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Low

High