U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3641 Detail

Description

The Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) filter in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted pen width and pen color opcodes that overwrite arbitrary memory.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32084 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32084 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32226 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32226 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32284 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32284 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32292 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32292 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32331
http://secunia.com/advisories/32331
http://secunia.com/advisories/33085
http://secunia.com/advisories/33085
http://secunia.com/advisories/33111
http://secunia.com/advisories/33111
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-261088-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-261088-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Vendor Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-470.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-470.htm
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2911 Exploit 
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2911 Exploit 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1656
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1656
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:211
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:211
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497221/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497221/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31688
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31688
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021031
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021031
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2782
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2782
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3401
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3401
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1568
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1568
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-067
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-067
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45779
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45779
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9666
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9666
https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00331.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00331.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00380.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00380.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3641
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE