CVE-2010-2941

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    CVE-2010-2941

    Published: 5 Nov 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted IPP request.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/42287, http://secunia.com/advisories/42867, http://secunia.com/advisories/43521, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml, http://securitytracker.com/id?1024662, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44530, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1012-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3042, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3088, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62882, http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050977.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051277.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624438, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624438, http://securitytracker.com/id?1024662, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.468323, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435, http://www.osvdb.org/68951, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0866.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44530

    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
    None
    Low
    High